 HMSThornborough photographed duringWorld War II by an aircraft operating fromRoyal Naval Air Station HMSOsprey,Dunoon,Scotland. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-565) |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham,Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 22 September 1943[1] |
| Launched | 13 November 1943[1] |
| Completed | 31 December 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 31 December 1943[1] |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 29 January 1947[1] |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 24 April 1947[1] |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSThornborough (K574) |
| Namesake | Admiral SirEdward Thornbrough (1754-1834), British naval officer who wascommanding officer ofHMS Robust at the invasion ofQuiberon Bay in 1795[2] |
| Acquired | 31 December 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1943[3] |
| Decommissioned | 1945[4] |
| Fate | Returned to United States 29 January 1947[1] |
| 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 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Notes | Pennant number K572 |
HMSThornborough (K574), sometimes spelledThornbrough,[5] was a BritishCaptain-classfrigate of theRoyal Navy in commission duringWorld War II. Originally constructed as aUnited States NavyBuckley classdestroyer escort, the ship served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.
The ship waslaid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escortDE-565 byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., inHingham,Massachusetts, on 22 September 1943 andlaunched on 13 November 1943.[1] She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 31 December 1943.[1]
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMSThornborough (K574) on 31 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II.[3]
The Royal NavydecommissionedThornborough in 1945[4] and returned her to the U.S. Navy on 27 January 1947.[1]
The United States soldThornborough on 24 April 1947 to a shipbuilding firm inGreece for scrapping.[1]
