HMS Drury (K316)
HMS Drury was a Captain class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the Second World War. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Drury, after Captain Thomas Drury, commander of HMS Alfred in the West Indies in 1795.
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HMS Drury (K316)
HMS Drury was a Captain class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the Second World War. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Drury, after Captain Thomas Drury, commander of HMS Alfred in the West Indies in 1795.
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HMS Drury was a Captain class ...... ed in the West Indies in 1795.
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active years end date
1945-08-20
commissioning date
1943-04-12
1945-08-20
decommissioning date
1945-10-22
laying down
1942-02-12
length (μ)
8,82396e+1
ship beam (μ)
ship launched
1942-07-24
status
Sold for scrapping in June 1946
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11.982.269
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743.619.333
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Ship armament
*3 × 3 in /50 Mk.22 guns
*1 × ...... harges
*QF 2-pounder naval gun
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Ship notes
Pennant number K316
Ship propulsion
*Four General Motors 278A 16-c ...... ectric motors for
*Two shafts
Ship renamed
*Planned as HMS Cockburn
*Renamed HMS Drury before launching
Ship sensors
*SA & SL type radars
*Type 144 ...... tion Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Ship struck
1945-11-16
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HMS Drury was a Captain class ...... ed in the West Indies in 1795.
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HMS Drury (K316)
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HMS Drury
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USS Drury
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