HMS Duckworth (K351)
HMS Duckworth (K351) at Belfast, April 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Gary |
| Namesake | Thomas J. Gary |
| Ordered | 10 January 1942 |
| Laid down | 16 January 1943 |
| Launched | 1 May 1943 |
| Stricken | 21 January 1946 |
| Identification | DE-61 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease 4 August 1943 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Duckworth |
| Namesake | Sir John Duckworth |
| Commissioned | 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Identification | K351 |
| Fate | Returned to US and scrapped 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Captain-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,300 tons |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
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| Armament | |
HMS Duckworth (K351) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War as a convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare vessel in the Battle of the Atlantic and was an effective U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the conflict.