HMS Riou
Service
- as unnamed (DE-92)25 February 1946 — 28 March 1946
- as HMS Riou (K557)14 December 1943 — 25 February 1946628 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Riou
- Builder
- Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
- Ordered
- 10 January 1942
- Laid down
- 4 August 1943
- Launched
- 23 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 14 December 1943
- Struck
- 28 March 1946
- Fate
- Returned to United States 25 February 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.2 m (36.7 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Riou was a frigate of the Buckley-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts on 4 August 1943. She entered service on 14 December 1943, having been launched on 23 October 1943.
98 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.2 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.
Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-92) until 28 March 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Riou (K557) from 14 December 1943. She was in commission for 628 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 28 March 1946.
She was transferred on 25 February 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
- Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers
- GE 13500 shp steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW)
- Electric motors for 12000 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 Bentinck (K314)
- HMS Bligh
- HMS Byron
- HMS Calder (K349)
- HMS Conn
- HMS Cosby
- HMS Dakins
- HMS Duff (K352)
- HMS Ekins
- HMS Fitzroy (K553)
- HMS Halsted (K556)
- HMS Hargood (K582)
- HMS Holmes (K581)
- HMS Hotham (K583)
- HMS Redmill (K554)
- HMS Retalick
- HMS Rowley
- HMS Rupert (K561)
- HMS Rutherford
- HMS Seymour (K563)
- HMS Spragge (K572)
- HMS Stockham
- HMS Thornborough
- HMS Waldegrave (K579)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Riou on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 23703 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons