Royal Navy — Frigate
HMS Findhorn
- Displacement
- 1,370 long tons (1,392 t)
- Length
- 86.26 m (283 ft)
- Beam
- 11.13 m (36.5 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Findhorn25 June 1943 — 20 March 1946800 days of the war
River-class frigate
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Findhorn
- Namesake
- Findhorn
- Builder
- Canadian Vickers
- Ordered
- 6 October 1941
- Laid down
- 25 August 1942
- Launched
- 5 December 1942
- Commissioned
- 25 June 1943
- Fate
- Returned to US Navy on 20 March 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,370 long tons (1,392 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,830 long tons (1,859 t)
- Length
- 86.26 m (283 ft) PP
- Beam
- 11.13 m (36.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 7,200 nmi (13,334 km)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Findhorn was a River-class frigate, operated by the Royal Navy. She was named for Findhorn. Her keel was laid at Canadian Vickers on 25 August 1942. Launched on 5 December 1942, she entered service on 25 June 1943.
Her class ran to 15 ships. The Loch-class frigate followed.
Displacement was 1,370 long tons standard and 1,830 long tons at full load. She measured 86.3 m (283 ft) long with a beam of 11.1 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 107. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 800 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 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5500 ihp
- Armament
- 2 × QF 4 in Mk.XIX guns, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII
- up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III
- 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector
- up to 150 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Findhorn on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.