HMS Stayner at anchor on 11 or 12 June 1944.
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 22 September 1943[1] |
Launched | 6 November 1943[1] |
Completed | 30 December 1943[1] |
Identification | Hull number: DE-564 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 30 December 1943[1] |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 24 November 1945[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 14 November 1947[1] |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Stayner |
Namesake | Sir Richard Stayner[3] |
Acquired | 30 December 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 30 December 1943[2] |
Decommissioned | 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K573 |
Fate | Returned to United States 24 November 1945[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Captain-class frigate |
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 |
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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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Armament |
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Notes | Pennant number K573 |
HMS Stayner 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.
The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-564 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 22 September 1943 and launched on 6 November 1943.[1] She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 30 December 1943.[1]
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Stayner (K573) on 30 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty.[1][2] On 5 August 1944, she joined the British destroyer HMS Wensleydale in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-671 in the English Channel south of Brighton, England, at 0200 hours at position 50°23′00″N 000°06′00″E / 50.38333°N 0.10000°E. On 19 September 1944 together with HMS MTB 724, and HMS MTB 728 she engaged Kriegsmarine E-boats, sinking S-183, S-200, and S-702.
The Royal Navy decommissioned Stayner later in 1945 and returned her to the U.S. Navy on 24 November 1945.[1]
The United States sold Stayner on 14 November 1947 for scrapping.[1]