HMS Windrush (K370) | |
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Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | HMS Windrush |
Ordered: | 14 Jun 1942 |
Builder: | Henry Robb Ltd. |
Laid down: | 18 Nov 1942 |
Launched: | 18 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned: | 3 Nov 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 1959 |
Fate: | Transferred to France |
Career (France) | ![]() |
Name: | La Découverte |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | River class frigate |
Displacement: |
1,370 long tons (1,390 t) 1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load) |
Length: |
283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a |
Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught: | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp |
Speed: | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
Range: | 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Complement: | 140 |
HMS Windrush (K370) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Navy.[1]
In February 1944 the Windrush was transferred to the Free French and renamed La Découverte.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Allied warships:HMS Windrush (K 370)". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/137.html. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Allied warships: La Découverte (K 370)". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7889.html. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
External links[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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- La Découverte / Lucifer (ex-Windrush)
- L'Escarmouche / L'Ailette (ex-Frome)
- La Surprise (ex-Torridge)
- Tonkinois / La Confiance (ex-Moyola)
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