HMS Rowley

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUnnamed (DE-92)
Ordered10 January 1942 [1]
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down18 August 1943 [2]
Launched30 October 1943 [2]
Completed22 December 1943 [2]
CommissionedNever
FateTransferred to United Kingdom 22 December 1943 [2]
AcquiredReturned by United Kingdom 12 November 1945 [2]
Stricken8 January 1946 [2]
FateSold for scrapping 14 June 1946 [2]
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Rowley (K560)
Namesake Vice Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley (1734-1790), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Montagu during the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759 [3]
Acquired22 December 1943 [2]
Commissioned22 December 1943 [1]
Decommissionedlate 1945 [1]
Identification Pennant number K560
FateReturned to United States 12 November 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 and
processing systems
Armament

HMS Rowley 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-95 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 18 August 1943 and launched on 30 October 1943. [2] She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 22 December 1943. [2]

Service history

She was commissioned into service with the Royal Navy, as the frigate HMS Rowley (K560) on 22 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 27 February 1945, she joined the British frigate HMS Duckworth (K351) in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-1208 in the English Channel southeast of the Isles of Scilly in position 49°51′47″N006°06′45″W / 49.86306°N 6.11250°W / 49.86306; -6.11250 (U-1208 sunk) . [1] [2]

The Royal Navy returned Rowley to the U.S. Navy on 12 November 1945. [2]

Disposal

The U.S. Navy struck Rowley from its Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. She was sold on 14 June 1946 for scrapping. [2]

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