HMS Perim
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Phillimore |
| Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom |
| Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-89, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 7 October 1943 |
| Renamed | Sierra Leone, 1943 |
| Namesake | Sierra Leone |
| Renamed | Perim, 1943 |
| Namesake | Perim |
| Launched | 5 November 1943 |
| Identification | PG-197 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 16 March 1944 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Perim |
| Namesake | Perim |
| Acquired | 16 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 16 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K593 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 22 May 1946, Scrapped 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Colony/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 |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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HMS Perim (K593), ex-Sierra Leone, 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 Phillimore (PF-89) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.