HMS Somaliland
Service
- as USS Popham22 May 1946 — 1947
- as HMS Somaliland22 February 1944 — 22 May 1946558 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Somaliland
- Pennant / hull number
- PG-198
- Namesake
- British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 11 October 1943
- Launched
- 11 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 22 February 1944
- Fate
- Returned to United States 22 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
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Somaliland was a Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PG-198. Her keel was laid on 11 October 1943. She entered service on 22 February 1944, having been launched on 11 November 1943.
Her class ran to 45 ships.
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 three 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Popham until 1947. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Somaliland from 22 February 1944. She was in commission for 558 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 22 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 in/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 Hong Kong (K585)
- HMS Labuan
- HMS Montserrat
- HMS Nyasaland
- HMS Papua
- HMS Perim
- HMS Pitcairn
- HMS Sarawak
- HMS Seychelles
- HMS Sierra Leone (K593)
- HMS St. Helena
- HMS Tobago (K585)
- HMS Tortola
- HMS Zanzibar
- USS Hallowell (PF-72)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Somaliland on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 25717 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons