HMS Louis (K515)
- Displacement
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 88.09 m (289 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 198
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as unnamed (DE-517)20 March 1946 — 17 June 1946
- as HMS Louis (K515)9 November 1943 — 20 March 1946663 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Louis
- Pennant / hull number
- K515
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 9 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 9 November 1943
- Fate
- Returned to United States, 20 March 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 88.09 m (289 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.05 m (10 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 198
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Louis was a Captain-class frigate of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K515. Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts laid her keel on 9 July 1943. She was commissioned on 9 November 1943.
46 ships of the class were built.
She displaced 1,190 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.
Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,000 shp through two shafts.
She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-517) until 17 June 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Louis (K515) from 9 November 1943. She was in commission for 663 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 20 March 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 4 diesel engines
- Power
- 6000 shp electric motors
- Armament
- 3 × single 3 in/50 Mk 22 guns
- 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm
- 9 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 2 × Depth charge rails and four throwers
Sister ships
- HMS Affleck
- HMS Aylmer
- HMS Balfour
- HMS Bayntun
- HMS Bentley
- HMS Berry
- HMS Blackwood (K313)
- HMS Braithwaite
- HMS Bullen
- HMS Burges (K347)
- HMS Byard
- HMS Capel (K470)
- HMS Cooke
- HMS Cotton
- HMS Cranstoun
- HMS Cubitt
- HMS Curzon (K513)
- HMS Dacres
- HMS Deane
- HMS Domett
- HMS Drury
- HMS Essington (K353)
- HMS Foley (K474)
- HMS Gardiner
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Louis (K515) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.