Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Frigate K509

HMS Conn

Buckley-class destroyer escort

HMS Conn
Claude Henry Parnall — This photograph A 28197 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — K509 IWM caption : HMS CONN , Senior Officer's Ship of the 21st Escort Group, coming into berth at Belfast flying the Group's Jolly Roger flag indicating success after sinking three German U-Boats and a possible fourth.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Conn31 August 1943 — 26 November 1945736 days of the war
Buckley-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
HMS Conn
Pennant / hull number
K509
Namesake
Capt. John Conn RN
Builder
Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
Laid down
2 June 1943
Launched
21 August 1943
Commissioned
31 August 1943
Decommissioned
26 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap on 21 January 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, full load
1,800 long tons (1,829 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
11.13 m (36.5 ft)
Draught
2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Complement
170

HMS Conn was a frigate of the Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K509. The ship was named after Capt. John Conn RN. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard on 2 June 1943. She entered service on 31 August 1943, having been launched on 21 August 1943.

Her class ran to 98 ships. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,800 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.1 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 170.

She was in commission for 736 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 21 January 1948.

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 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive
  • 2 solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
  • 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
  • 2 rudders

Sister ships

73 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Conn on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Claude Henry Parnall — This photograph A 28197 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons