Colony-class frigate

Class of US frigates

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HMS Dominica in February 1944

Class overview
Operators|

* Royal Navy
* Argentine Navy

Built| 1943–1945
In commission|

* 1943–1946 (Royal Navy)
* 1947–1969 (Argentine Navy)

Completed| 21
Retired| 21
General characteristics
Type| Frigate
Displacement| 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length| 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam| 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft| 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion|

* 3 × boilers
* 2 × turbines, 5,500 SHP each
* 2 shafts

Speed| 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement| 190
Armament|

* 3 × 3 inch/50 AA guns(3 × 1)
* 4 × 40 mm guns (2 × 2)
* 9 × 20 mm (9 × 1)
* 1 × Hedgehog projector
* 8 × Y gun depth charge projectors
* 2 × Depth charge racks

The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by Walsh-Kaiser of Providence, Rhode Island for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944. They were given the names of relatively minor colonies as names of large colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers.

The ships were built as United States Navy Tacoma-class patrol frigates, a design that was an adaptation of the Royal Navy River-class frigate design built in UK, Canada and Australia, with modifications made mainly to use materials and parts more readily available in the United States. For example, American 3-inch (76 mm) guns were used as the main surface armament in the Tacoma\- and Colony-class frigates instead of the British QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XIX guns of the River-class. They were mass-produced to mercantile standards to enable their speedy construction in shipyards that did not normally build warships. They were built more quickly than British shipyards could build the Rivers, but the quicker build required more man-hours and sterling cost was about twice that of a River.[1] Upon transfer to the Royal Navy, each ship underwent modifications to bring her in line with Royal Navy requirements.

Uniquely among the Colony-class frigates, and indeed among all World War II frigates, HMS Caicos was fitted and used as an aircraft detection frigate, stationed in the North Sea to detect V-1 flying bombs targeted against Great Britain. The other 20 ships served on patrol and convoy escort duties during the latter part of World War II. The ships are mentioned in HM Frigate by Nicholas Monsarrat, a very slim volume published under wartime censorship rules.

Post-war, the Royal Navy returned one of the ships to the U.S. Navy in 1945 and the rest during 1946. None saw U.S. Navy service. Two of the ships were sold into mercantile service in Egypt, surviving until 1956, and Caicos was sold to Argentina in 1947 and served in the Argentine Navy until 1969. The United States scrapped the rest between 1947 and 1949, as they were considered inferior to destroyer escorts, which the U.S. Navy had in ample numbers, in every aspect except range.

## Contents

* 1 List of ships
* 2 Gallery
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## List of ships[edit]

With date returned to the United States (unless otherwise stated). Almost all were scrapped by 1946 or 1947, unless stated.

* HMS Anguilla (K500) : 31 May 1946; scrapped 1949
* HMS Antigua (K501) : 2 May 1946
* HMS Ascension (K502) : 31 May 1946
* HMS Bahamas (K503) : 11 June 1946
* HMS Barbados (K504) : 11 June 1946
* HMS Caicos (K505) : 12 December 1945; sold to Argentina as Santísima Trinidad, later Comodoro Augusto Lasserre, sold and scrapped 1971[2]
* HMS Cayman (K506) : 23 April 1946
* HMS Dominica (K507) : 23 April 1946
* HMS Labuan (K584), (ex-HMS Gold Coast): 18 May 1948; scrapped 1957
* HMS Montserrat (K586) : 11 June 1946
* HMS Nyasaland (K587) : 15 April 1946
* HMS Papua (K588) : 13 May 1946; sold to Egypt and sank in Gulf of Suez 1953
* HMS Perim (K593), (ex-HMS Sierra Leone): 22 May 1946
* HMS Pitcairn (K589) : 11 June 1946
* HMS Sarawak (K591) : 22 May 1946
* HMS Seychelles (K592) : June 1946
* HMS Somaliland (K594) : 22 May 1946
* HMS St. Helena (K590) : 8 April 1946
* HMS Tobago (K585), (ex-HMS Hong Kong): 13 May 1946; sold to Egypt and scuttled as a blockship in the Suez Canal, 1956
* HMS Tortola (K595) : 22 May 1946
* HMS Zanzibar (K596) : 31 May 1946

## Gallery[edit]

* HMS Anguilla (K500)

* HMS Antigua (K501)

* HMS Ascension (K502)

* HMS Caicos (K505)

* HMS Dominica (K507)

* HMS Somaliland (K594)

* HMS Tortola (K595)

## See also[edit]

* Captain-class frigate
* List of ships of World War II
* List of ship classes of World War II

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Brown, DK Nelson to Vanguard
2. ^ Page 7, Janes Fighting Ships 1963–64
Page 9, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colony class frigates.

* U-boat.net
* Record of World War II Shipbuilding by Walsh-Kaiser Company

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Tacoma-class frigates

United States Navy|

| Completed|

* Tacoma
* Sausalito
* Hoquiam
* Pasco
* Albuquerque
* Everett
* Pocatello
* Brownsville
* Grand Forks
* Casper
* Pueblo
* Grand Island
* Annapolis
* Bangor
* Key West
* Alexandria
* Huron
* Gulfport
* Bayonne
* Gloucester
* Shreveport
* Muskegon
* Charlottesville
* Poughkeepsie
* Newport
* Emporia
* Groton
* Hingham
* Grand Rapids
* Woonsocket
* Dearborn
* Long Beach
* Belfast
* Glendale
* San Pedro
* Coronado
* Ogden
* Eugene
* El Paso
* Van Buren
* Orange
* Corpus Christi
* Hutchinson
* Bisbee
* Gallup
* Rockford
* Muskogee
* Carson City
* Burlington
* Allentown
* Machias (PF-53)
* Sandusky
* Bath
* Covington
* Sheboygan
* Bridgeport / Abilene
* Beaufort
* Charlotte
* Manitowoc
* Worcester / Gladwyne
* Scranton / Moberly
* Knoxville
* Chattanooga / Uniontown
* Reading
* Peoria
* Brunswick
* Davenport
* Evansville
* New Bedford
* Hallowell / Machias (PF-72)
* Hamond
* Hargood
* Hotham
* Halstead
* Hannam
* Harland
* Harman
* Harvey
* Holmes
* Hornby
* Hoste
* Howett
* Pilford
* Pasley / St. Helena
* Patton
* Pearl
* Phillimore
* Popham
* Peyton
* Prowse
* Roanoke / Lorain (PF-93)
* Sitka / Milledgeville (PF-94)
* Orlando
* Racine
* Greensboro
* Forsyth

|

Canceled|

* Stamford
* Macon
* Vallejo / Lorain (PF-97)
* Milledgeville (PF-98)

Royal Navy
Colony class|

* Anguilla (ex-Machias (PF-72))
* Antigua (ex-Hamond)
* Ascension (ex-Hargood)
* Bahamas (ex-Hotham)
* Barbados (ex-Halstead)
* Caicos (ex-Hannam)
* Cayman (ex-Harland)
* Dominica (ex-Harman)
* Gold Coast / Labuan (ex-Harvey)
* Hong Kong / Tobago (ex-Holmes)
* Montserrat (ex-Hornby)
* Nyasaland (ex-Hoste)
* Papua (ex-Howett)
* Pitcairn (ex-Pilford)
* St. Helena (ex-Pasley)
* Sarawak (ex-Patton)
* Seychelles (ex-Pearl)
* Sierra Leone / Perim (ex-Phillimore)
* Somaliland (ex-Popham)
* Tortola (ex-Peyton)
* Zanzibar (ex-Prowse)

Soviet Navy|

* EK-1 (ex-Charlottesville)
* EK-2 (ex-Long Beach)
* EK-3 (ex-Belfast)
* EK-4 (ex-Machias (PF-53))
* EK-5 (ex-San Pedro)
* EK-6 (ex-Glendale)
* EK-7 (ex-Sandusky)
* EK-8 (ex-Coronado)
* EK-9 (ex-Allentown)
* EK-10 (ex-Ogden)
* EK-11 (ex-Tacoma)
* EK-12 (ex-Pasco)
* EK-13 (ex-Hoquiam)
* EK-14 (ex-Albuquerque)
* EK-15 (ex-Everett)
* EK-16 (ex-Sausalito)
* EK-17 (ex-Bisbee)
* EK-18 (ex-Rockford)
* EK-19 (ex-Muskogee)
* EK-20 (ex-Carson City)
* EK-21 (ex-Burlington)
* EK-22 (ex-Gallup)
* EK-25 (ex-Bayonne)
* EK-26 (ex-Gloucester)
* EK-27 (ex-Poughkeepsie)
* EK-28 (ex-Newport)
* EK-29 (ex-Bath)
* EK-30 (ex-Evansville)

Post-World War II operators

United States Coast Guard|

* Brownsville
* Bangor
* Muskegon
* Woonsocket
* Corpus Christi
* Covington
* Sheboygan
* Beaufort
* Manitowoc
* Forsyth

Argentine Navy|

* Heroína (ex-Reading)
* Sarandí (ex-Uniontown)
* Trinidad / Santísima Trinidad / Comodoro Augusto Lasserre (ex-Caicos)

Belgian Navy|

* Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet (ex-Sheboygan)

Colombian National Navy|

* Almirante Padilla (ex-Groton)
* Capitán Tono (ex-Bisbee)
* Almirante Brión (ex-Burlington)

Cuban Revolutionary Navy|

* José Martí (ex-Eugene)
* Antonio Maceo (ex-Peoria)
* Maximo Gomez (ex-Grand Island)

Dominican Navy|

* Presidente Troncoso / Gregorio Luperón (ex-Pueblo)
* Presidente Peynado / Capitán General Pedro Santana (ex-Knoxville)

Ecuadorian Navy|

* Guayas (ex-Covington)

French Navy|

* La Place (ex-Lorain (PF-93))
* Mermoz (ex-Muskegon)
* Le Brix (F715) (ex-Manitowoc)
* Le Verrier (ex-Emporia)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|

* Kusu / YAC-22 (ex-Ogden)
* Nara / YTE-8 (ex-Machias (PF-53))
* Kashi / YAC-12 (ex-Pasco)
* Momi / YAC-13 (ex-Poughkeepsie)
* Sugi (ex-Coronado)
* Matsu / YAS-36 (ex-Charlottesville)
* Nire / YAC-19 (ex-Sandusky)
* Kaya / YAC-23 (ex-San Pedro)
* Ume / YAC-14 (ex-Allentown)
* Sakura / YAC-16 (ex-Carson City)
* Kiri / YAC-20 (ex-Everett)
* Tsuge (ex-Gloucester)
* Kaede / YAC-17 (ex-Newport)
* Buna / YAC-11 (ex-Bayonne)
* Keyaki / YAC-21 (ex-Evansville)
* Tochi / YAC-15 (ex-Albuquerque)
* Shii / YAS-44 (ex-Long Beach)
* Maki / YTE-9 (ex-Bath)

Republic of Korea Navy|

* Duman (ex-Muskogee)
* Apnok (ex-Rockford)
* Taedong (ex-Tacoma)
* Nae Tong (ex-Hoquiam)
* Imchin (ex-Sausalito)

Mexican Navy|

* California (ex-Hutchinson)
* General José María Morelos / Golfo de Tehuantepec (ex-Bangor)
* General Vicente Guerrero / Río Usumacinta (ex-Annapolis)
* Papaloapan (ex-Gladwyne)

Netherlands Government|

* Cirrus (ex-Abilene)
* Cumulus (ex-Forsyth)

Peruvian Navy|

* Teniente Gálvez / Gálvez (ex-Woonsocket)

Royal Thai Navy|

* Tachin (ex-Glendale)
* Prasae (ex-Gallup)

* Preceded by: Asheville class (USN) / River class (RN)
* Followed by: None

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Aircraft carriers|

* Courageous
* Eagle
* Ark Royal
* Illustrious
* Implacable
* AudaciousC
* MaltaX

Light aircraft carriers|

* Argus
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Escort carriers|

* ArcherAV
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Battlecruisers|

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Destroyer leaders|

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Destroyers|

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* C
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Frigates|

* River
* CaptainA
* ColonyA
* Loch
* Bay

Corvettes|

* Flower
* Castle

Sloops|

* 24
* Bridgewater
* Hastings
* BanffA
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* Grimsby
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* Bittern
* Egret
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Minelayers|

* Adventure
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* AgamemnonV
* MenestheusV
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Minesweepers|

* Hunt
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* Cybele

Submarines|

* H
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* Odin
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* S
* River
* Grampus
* T
* U
* P611
* V
* Amphion
* X
* XE

Coastal|

Harbour Defence Motor Launch
Fairmile B motor launch
Motor Torpedo Boat
Motor Gun Boat
Steam Gun Boat
Insect-class gunboat
Dragonfly-class river gunboat
Type Two 63 ft HSL

Other|

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