HMS Hotham (K583)
 HMS Hotham in February 1944, photographed by an aircraft operating from Royal Naval Air Station HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-574) |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 5 November 1943[1] |
| Renamed | USS Hotham (DE-574) 1943 |
| Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom |
| Launched | 21 December 1943 |
| Completed | 8 February 1944 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 8 February 1944 |
| Acquired | Nominally returned by United Kingdom 25 April 1952 under Lend-Lease |
| Fate | Transferred back to United Kingdom 25 April 1952 under Mutual Defense Assistance Program |
| Acquired | Returned to U.S. custody 13 March 1956 |
| Fate | Sold 1 November 1956 for scrapping |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Hotham (K583) |
| Namesake | Sir William Hotham[2] |
| Acquired | 8 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8 February 1944 |
| Identification | Pennant number K583 |
| Fate | Nominally returned to United States 25 April 1952 under Lend-Lease |
| Acquired | Transferred back from United States 25 April 1952 under Mutual Defense Assistance Program |
| Fate | Returned to U.S. custody 13 March 1956[1][2][3] |
| General characteristics | |
| 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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HMS Hotham (K583) was a
Captain-class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally intended for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1944, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and was in commission from 1944 to 1956, including service during World War II
.
Construction and transfer
The still-unnamed ship was
launched
on 21 December 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 8 February 1944.
Service history
Unlike the other Captain-class frigates, Hotham was retained by the Royal Navy after the war, and was disarmed and sent to
floating power station.[1] The Royal Navy later used her for experiments with gas turbine propulsion.[1][2][3]
The Royal Navy nominally returned Hotham to the
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
.
Disposal
The Royal Navy returned Hotham to U.S. custody for the final time on 13 March 1956, and she was sold for scrapping in the Netherlands on 1 November 1956.
Citations
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
