HMS Narborough (K578)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-569)
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	6 October 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Completed	21 January 1944
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 21 January 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 4 February 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 14 December 1946
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Narborough
Namesake	Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough (ca. 1640-1688), English naval officer who saw action during the Third Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-1674
Acquired	21 January 1944
Commissioned	21 January 1944
Identification	Pennant number K578
Fate	Returned to United States 4 February 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Captain-class frigate
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	Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers; GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW); Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); Two shafts;
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	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding antenna; HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I; 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar; Depth charges; QF 2-pounder naval gun;

The second HMS Narborough (K578)^[4] was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1946.

Construction and transfer

The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-569 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 6 October 1943 and launched on 27 November 1943.^[1] She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 21 January 1944.^[1]

Service history

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Narborough (K578) on 21 January 1944 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II.^[1]^[3]

The Royal Navy returned Narborough to the U.S. Navy on 4 February 1946.^[1]

Disposal

Narborough was sold on 14 December 1946 for scrapping.^[1]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Narbrough (DE-569) HMS Narbrough (K-578)
^ Captain Class Frigate Association: HMS Narborough K578 (DE 569)
^ ^a ^b ^c uboat.net HMS Narbrough (K 578)
^ Some sources spell the ship's name Narbrough – see for example Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Narbrough (DE-569) HMS Narbrough (K-578), uboat.net HMS Narbrough (K 578), and Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 237 – although this does not match the spelling of the ship's namesake, John Narborough.

References

External links

Photo gallery of HMS Narborough (K578)

[navsource-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Narbrough (DE-569) HMS Narbrough (K-578)

[2] Captain Class Frigate Association: HMS Narborough K578 (DE 569)

[uboatnet-3] uboat.net HMS Narbrough (K 578)

[4] Some sources spell the ship's name Narbrough – see for example Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Narbrough (DE-569) HMS Narbrough (K-578), uboat.net HMS Narbrough (K 578), and Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 237 – although this does not match the spelling of the ship's namesake, John Narborough.

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