HMS Ness (1942)
- 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 Ness22 December 1942 — September 1956985 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Ness
- Pennant / hull number
- 1942
- Namesake
- Ness
- Builder
- Henry Robb Ltd
- Ordered
- 11 February 1941
- Laid down
- 3 September 1941
- Launched
- 30 July 1942
- Commissioned
- 22 December 1942
- Fate
- Sold for scrap in September 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Ness was a River-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1942. The ship was named after Ness. Her keel was laid at Henry Robb Ltd on 3 September 1941. Launched on 30 July 1942, she entered service on 22 December 1942.
She was one of 15 ships of her class. 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 985 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in September 1956.
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 Ness (1942) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.