HMS Burges (K347)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Burges
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	8 December 1942
Launched	26 January 1943
Commissioned	2 June 1943
Stricken	28 March 1946
Fate	Returned to the USN, 17 February 1945; Sold for scrapping, 14 November 1946;
General characteristics
Type	Captain-class frigate
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289 ft 5 in (88.21 m)
Beam	35 ft 1 in (10.69 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW); 2 screws;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	156
Armament	3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns; 1 × twin 40 mm AA gun; 10 × 20 mm AA guns; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 4 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

HMS Burges (K347) was a Captain-class frigate, built in the United States as a Evarts-class destroyer escort, and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II. She was named after Captain Richard Rundle Burges, commander of HMS Ardent, who was killed at the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.

The name Burges was originally assigned to the Evarts-class destroyer escort, BDE-16, laid down on 14 March 1942. When that ship was retained by the United States Navy and renamed Edgar G. Chase (DE-16), the name was transferred to another ship.

The new Burges (BDE-12) was laid down on 8 December 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, and launched on 26 January 1943. The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy on 2 June 1943 and commissioned the same day.

Service history

Operating as a Royal Navy ship, Burges served in the Atlantic in late 1943 and early 1944. In 1944, she moved to a zone of operations in the North Sea. The last months of World War II saw her active in the English Channel.

The destroyer escort was returned to the United States Navy at New York on 27 February 1946. She was determined to be surplus to the needs of the Navy, and her name was struck from the Navy List on 28 March 1946. In November 1946, she was sold to George H. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y. She was scrapped on 31 July 1947.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

Photo gallery of HMS Burges at NavSource Naval History

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Burges
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	8 December 1942
Launched	26 January 1943
Commissioned	2 June 1943
Stricken	28 March 1946
Fate	Returned to the USN, 17 February 1945 Sold for scrapping, 14 November 1946
General characteristics
Type	Captain-class frigate
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289 ft 5 in (88.21 m)
Beam	35 ft 1 in (10.69 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 2 screws
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	156
Armament	3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA gun 10 × 20 mm AA guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks