HMS Drury (K316)
HMS Drury was a Captain-class frigate, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy as an Evarts-class destroyer escort. 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 , commander of HMS Alfred in the West Indies in 1795.
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HMS Drury (K316)
HMS Drury was a Captain-class frigate, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy as an Evarts-class destroyer escort. 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 , 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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1945-08-20
commissioning date
1943-04-12
1945-08-20
decommissioning date
1945-10-22
laying down
1942-02-12
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8.82396e+1
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ship launched
1942-07-24
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Sold for scrapping in June 1946
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Ship armament
*3 × /50 Mk.22 guns
*1 × twin ...... harges
*QF 2-pounder naval gun
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Ship commissioned
1943-04-12
1945-08-20
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Ship country
United Kingdom
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United States
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Ship decommissioned
1945-10-22
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Ship fate
Sold for scrapping in June 1946
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Ship laid down
1942-02-12
Ship launched
1942-07-24
Ship name
HMS Drury
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USS Drury
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Ship notes
Pennant number K316
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Ship out of service
Ship propulsion
*Four General Motors 278A 16-c ...... ectric motors for
*Two shafts
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Ship renamed
*Planned as HMS Cockburn
*Renamed HMS Drury before launching
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Ship sensors
*SA & SL type radars
*Type 144 ...... tion Finding Type FH 4 antenna
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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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