HMS Stayner

HMS Stayner at anchor on 11 or 12 June 1944.
History
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 [2]
Acquired	30 December 1943 [1]
Commissioned	30 December 1943 [3]
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	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
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors and processing systems	SA & SL type radars Type 144 series Asdic MF Direction Finding antenna HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar Depth charges QF 2-pounder naval gun
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.

Construction and transfer

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]

Service history

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy under the command of Lieutenant Commander Harry John Hall as the frigate HMS Stayner (K573) on 30 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. ^{[1] [3]} 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″N000°06′00″E / 50.38333°N 0.10000°E / 50.38333; 0.10000 (U-671 sunk) . 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]

Disposal

The United States sold Stayner on 14 November 1947 for scrapping. ^[1]

Citations

1. Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Stayner (DE-564) HMS Stayner (K-573)
2. Captain Class Frigate Association: HMS Stayner K573 (DE 564)
3. uboat.net HMS Stayner (K 573) gives Stayner's commissioning date as 30 January 1944 but also says her first commanding officer took command on the date of her transfer, 30 December 1943. As the normal pattern for Captain-class frigates was for them to be transferred and commissioned simultaneously, it appears that the "30 January 1944" date is a typographical error.

External links

• Photo gallery of HMS Stayner (K-573)
• Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DEs for UK
• Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Stayner K573 (DE 564)
• Schnellboot 1939/1940 ships