HMS Anguilla
HMS Anguilla in 1944. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Hallowell (PG-180) |
| Namesake | Hallowell, Maine |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 1 April 1943 |
| Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-72, 15 April 1943 |
| Renamed | Machias, 5 May 1943 |
| Namesake | Machias, Maine |
| Renamed | Anguilla, 10 June 1943 |
| Namesake | Anguilla |
| Launched | 14 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John S. MacDonald |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 15 October 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 31 May 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 13 June 1947 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Anguilla (K500) |
| Namesake | Anguilla |
| Acquired | 15 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 31 May 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Colony/Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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HMS Anguilla (K500) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom in commission from 1943 to 1946 that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hallowell (PF-72), later renamed USS Machias (PF-72), and was transferred prior to completion.