HMS Hong Kong (K585)
- Displacement
- 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
Service
- as Holmes13 May 1946 — 12 August 1944
- as HMS Tobago12 August 1944 — 1945386 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Hong Kong
- Pennant / hull number
- K585
- Namesake
- A British name assigned in anticipation of delivery of the ship to the United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 17 August 1943
- Launched
- 27 September 1943
- Commissioned
- 12 August 1944
- Decommissioned
- 1945
- Fate
- Returned to United States, 13 May 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
HMS Hong Kong was a Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K585. Her keel was laid on 17 August 1943. Launched on 27 September 1943, she entered service on 12 August 1944.
45 ships of the class were built.
Displacement was 1,264 long tons. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 190.
Her main battery was four 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in two twin mountings.
She served with the United States Navy as Holmes until 12 August 1944. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Tobago from 12 August 1944. She was in commission for 386 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1945.
She was transferred on 13 May 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
- 3 × boilers
- 2 × turbines, 5500 shp each
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 3 × single 3-inch/50 cal. AA guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm guns
- 9 × single 20 mm
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge racks
Sister ships
- HMS Anguilla
- HMS Antigua (K501)
- HMS Ascension
- HMS Bahamas
- HMS Barbados (K504)
- HMS Caicos
- HMS Cayman
- HMS Dominica (K507)
- HMS Gold Coast (K584)
- HMS Labuan
- HMS Montserrat
- HMS Nyasaland
- HMS Papua
- HMS Perim
- HMS Pitcairn
- HMS Sarawak
- HMS Seychelles
- HMS Sierra Leone (K593)
- HMS Somaliland
- HMS St. Helena
- HMS Tobago (K585)
- HMS Tortola
- HMS Zanzibar
- USS Hallowell (PF-72)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Hong Kong (K585) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.