HMS Moorsom (K567)
HMS Moorsom during World War II | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-522) |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 14 August 1943 |
| Launched | 24 September 1943 |
| Completed | 10 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 10 December 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 25 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
| Fate |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Moorsman (K567) |
| Namesake | Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom (1760-1835), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Revenge at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 |
| Acquired | 10 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 25 October 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 25 October 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) |
| Length | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 156 |
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| Notes | Pennant number K567 |
The second HMS Moorsom (K567) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-522, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.