HMS Trollope
HMS Trollope photographed during World War II by an aircraft operating from Royal Naval Air Station HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-566) |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 29 September 1943 |
| Launched | 20 November 1943 |
| Completed | 10 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 10 January 1944 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 10 October 1944 |
| Stricken | 13 November 1944 |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Trollope (K575) |
| Namesake | Admiral Sir Henry Trollope (1756-1839), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Russell at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 |
| Acquired | 10 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 January 1944 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36.75 ft (11.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
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| Notes | Pennant number K575 |
HMS Trollope (K575) was a British Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from January to July 1944, when she was lost.