HMS Seymour (K563)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Seymour.
The second HMS Seymour (K563) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
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Name | unnamed (DE-98) |
Ordered | 10 January 1942[1] |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 1 September 1943[2] |
Launched | 1 November 1943[2] |
Completed | 23 December 1943[2] |
Commissioned | never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 December 1943[2] |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 5 January 1946[2] |
Stricken | 25 February 1946[2] |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 10 December 1946[2] |
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Name | HMS Seymour (K563) |
Namesake | Lord Hugh Seymour (1759-1801), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Leviathan at the Glorious First of June in 1794[3] |
Acquired | 23 December 1943[2] |
Commissioned | 23 December 1943[1] |
Fate | Returned to United States 5 January 1946[2] |
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Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36.75 ft (11.2 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 186 |
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Notes | Pennant number K563 |
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