HMS Seymour (K563)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-98)
Ordered	10 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	1 September 1943
Launched	1 November 1943
Completed	23 December 1943
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 23 December 1943
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 5 January 1946
Stricken	25 February 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 10 December 1946
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Seymour (K563)
Namesake	Lord Hugh Seymour (1759-1801), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Leviathan at the Glorious First of June in 1794
Acquired	23 December 1943
Commissioned	23 December 1943
Fate	Returned to United States 5 January 1946
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)
Propulsion	Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers; GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW); Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); Two shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors &; processing systems	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding antenna; HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I; 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar; Depth charges; QF 2-pounder naval gun;
Notes	Pennant number K563

The second HMS Seymour (K563) 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 1946.