HMS Itchen (K227)
- 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 Itchen28 December 1942 — 23 September 1943269 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Itchen
- Pennant / hull number
- K227
- Namesake
- River Itchen, Hampshire
- Builder
- Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley
- Laid down
- 14 July 1941
- Launched
- 29 July 1942
- Commissioned
- 28 December 1942
- Fate
- Sunk on 23 September 1943 at 53 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
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 Itchen was a River-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K227. She was named for River Itchen. Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley laid her keel on 14 July 1941. Launched on 29 July 1942, she entered service on 28 December 1942.
15 ships of the class were built. The Loch-class frigate followed.
She displaced 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 269 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 September 1943, at 53°25′N 39°42′W. The wreck survives.
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 Itchen (K227) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.