HMS Blackwood (K313)
HMS Blackwood | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Blackwood |
| Namesake | Henry Blackwood |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States |
| Laid down | 22 September 1942 |
| Launched | 23 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 March 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K313 |
| Fate | Sunk under tow on 16 June |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Captain-class frigate |
| 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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HMS Blackwood was a Captain-class frigate originally constructed as a Evarts-class destroyer escort ordered for the United States Navy. Before construction was finished in 1942, the vessel was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the Second World War.