HMS Trollope
HMS Trollope photographed during World War II by an aircraft operating from Royal Naval Air Station HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland.
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United States | |
Name | unnamed (DE-566) |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 29 September 1943 |
Launched | 20 November 1943 |
Completed | 10 January 1944 |
Commissioned | never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 10 January 1944 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 10 October 1944 |
Stricken | 13 November 1944 |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Trollope (K575) |
Namesake | Admiral Sir Henry Trollope (1756-1839), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Russell at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 |
Acquired | 10 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 10 January 1944 |
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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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Notes | Pennant number K575 |
HMS Trollope (K575) was a British
Construction and transfer
The ship was
Service history
On 6 July 1944, Trollope either ran aground near
according to different sources.At approximately 01:30 on 6 July 1944, Trollope was struck by 3 torpedoes launched by a German E-boat, breaking the vessel in two. The front part of the vessel detached and drifted, presenting a risk to other Allied vessels in the area. This was sunk, tactically, by Allied forces. The rear of the vessel was towed towards Arromanches-les-Bains by a US tug boat, where it was run aground allowing servicemen still on board to be rescued. Source of this information was from one of those servicemen rescued.
Trollope was declared a
Disposal
The U.S. Navy struck Trollope from its Naval Vessel Register on 13 November 1944. She was sold on 9 January 1947 to John Lee of Belfast, Northern Ireland, for scrapping, and was scrapped in Scotland[4] in 1951.
Citations
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Trollope (DE-566) HMS Trollope (K-575)
- uboat.net HMS Trollope (K 575)
- Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DEs for UK
- Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Trollope K575 (DE 566)
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