HMS Kingsmill (K484)
- Displacement
- 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
- Length
- 88.24 m (289.5 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 156
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as unnamed (DE-280)22 August 1945 — 26 October 194511 days of the war
- as HMS Kingsmill (K484)29 October 1943 — 1945675 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Kingsmill
- Pennant / hull number
- K484
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Ordered
- 25 January 1942
- Laid down
- 9 July 1943
- Launched
- 13 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 22 August 1945
- Decommissioned
- 26 October 1945
- Struck
- 16 November 1945
- Fate
- Returned to United States 22 August 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
- Length
- 88.24 m (289.5 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 156
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Kingsmill was a Captain-class frigate built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K484. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts on 9 July 1943. She entered service on 22 August 1945, having been launched on 13 August 1943.
46 ships of the class were built.
Displacement was 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.2 m (290 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 156.
Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-280) until 26 October 1945. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Kingsmill (K484) from 29 October 1943. She was in commission for 686 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 16 November 1945.
She was transferred on 22 August 1945.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines
- GE 7040 bhp generators (4,800 kW)
- GE electric motors for 6000 shp
- Two shafts
- Armament
- 3 × 3 in /50 Mk.22 guns
- 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I
- 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
- Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar
- Depth charges
- QF 2-pounder naval gun
Sister ships
- HMS Affleck
- HMS Aylmer
- HMS Balfour
- HMS Bayntun
- HMS Bentley
- HMS Berry
- HMS Blackwood (K313)
- HMS Braithwaite
- HMS Bullen
- HMS Burges (K347)
- HMS Byard
- HMS Capel (K470)
- HMS Cooke
- HMS Cotton
- HMS Cranstoun
- HMS Cubitt
- HMS Curzon (K513)
- HMS Dacres
- HMS Deane
- HMS Domett
- HMS Drury
- HMS Essington (K353)
- HMS Foley (K474)
- HMS Gardiner
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Kingsmill (K484) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.