HMS Barbados (K504)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Halsted (PG-184) |
| Namesake | Royal Navy Captain Sir Lawrence Halsted (1764-1841), commanding officer of HMS Namur at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805 (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
| Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-76, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 11 May 1943 |
| Renamed | Barbados, 1943 |
| Namesake | Barbados (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
| Launched | 27 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Anna M. Pacheco |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 18 December 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 15 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 October 1947 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Barbados |
| Namesake | Barbados |
| Acquired | 18 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K504 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 15 April 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol 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 |
|
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
|
HMS Barbados was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Halsted (PF-76) – sometimes spelled Halstead – and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.