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

HMS Cubitt

Captain-class frigate

Displacement
1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Complement
186
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Cubitt17 November 1943 — 4 March 1946655 days of the war
Captain-class frigate Particulars
Name
HMS Cubitt
Builder
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down
9 June 1943
Launched
11 September 1943
Commissioned
17 November 1943
Decommissioned
4 March 1946
Struck
12 April 1946
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 7 March 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Range
5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
Complement
186
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Cubitt was a Captain-class frigate in service with the Royal Navy. Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts laid her keel on 9 June 1943. Launched on 11 September 1943, she entered service on 17 November 1943.

46 ships of the class were built.

Displacement was 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 655 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 4 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 12 April 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 7 March 1947.

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 × Foster Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers
  • GE 13500 shp steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW)
  • Electric motors 12000 shp
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns
  • 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I
  • 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • Mark 10 Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • Depth charges
  • QF 2-pounder naval gun

Sister ships

21 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Cubitt on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.