HMS Essington (K353)
HMS Essington on 19 February 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-67) |
| Ordered | 10 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 15 March 1943 |
| Launched | 19 June 1943 |
| Completed | 7 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | Never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 7 September 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 19 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 22 December 1945 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Essington (K353) |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral Sir William Essington (1753-1816), British naval officer who commanded from his flagship HMS Triumph at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 |
| Acquired | 7 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Honours & awards | Battle honours for Biscay 1943-1944, Atlantic 1943-1945, Arctic 1944, Normandy 1944, and English Channel 1944-1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 19 October 1945 |
| 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 K353 |
The second HMS Essington (K353), and the first ship of the name to see service, 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 1943 to 1945.