HMS Tweed (K250)
- 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 Tweed28 April 1943 — 7 January 1944254 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Tweed
- Pennant / hull number
- K250
- Namesake
- River Tweed
- Builder
- A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow
- Laid down
- 31 December 1941
- Launched
- 24 November 1942
- Commissioned
- 28 April 1943
- Fate
- Sunk, 7 January 1944 (1944)
- 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 Tweed was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K250. She was named for River Tweed. A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow laid her keel on 31 December 1941. Launched on 24 November 1942, she entered service on 28 April 1943.
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 254 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 7 January 1944, at 48°18′N 21°19′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
- Parsons single reduction steam turbines, 6500 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 Tweed (K250) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.