HMS Retalick

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HMS Retalick Launch.jpg
The future HMS Retalick (K555) at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts, on the day she was launched, 9 October 1943.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Nameunnamed (DE-90)
Ordered10 January 1942 [1]
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down21 July 1943 [2]
Launched9 October 1943 [2]
Completed8 December 1943 [2]
Commissionednever
FateTransferred to United Kingdom 8 December 1943 [2]
AcquiredReturned by United Kingdom 25 October 1945 [2]
Stricken19 December 1945 [2]
FateSold for scrapping 7 May 1946 [2]
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Retalick (K555)
NamesakeCaptain Richard Retalick ( ? - 1803), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Defiance during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 [3] [4]
Acquired8 December 1943 [1]
Commissioned8 December 1943 [1]
FateReturned to United States 25 October 1945 [2]
General characteristics
Displacement1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36.75 ft (11.2 m)
Draught9 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
Speed24 knots (44 km/h)
Range5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement186
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament
Notes Pennant number K555

HMS Retalick (K555) 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.

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Construction and transfer

The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-90 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 21 July 1943 and launched on 9 October 1943. [2] She was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease upon completion on 8 December 1943. [2]

Service history

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Retalick (K555) on 8 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II. [1] [2]

The Royal Navy returned Retalick to the U.S. Navy on 25 October 1945. [2]

Disposal

The U.S. Navy struck Retalick from its Naval Vessel Register on 19 December 1945. She was sold on 7 May 1946 for scrapping. [2]

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