HMS Perim

History
United States
Name	USS Phillimore
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom
Reclassified	Patrol frigate, PF-89, 15 April 1943
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	7 October 1943
Renamed	Sierra Leone, 1943
Namesake	Sierra Leone
Renamed	Perim, 1943
Namesake	Perim
Launched	5 November 1943
Identification	PG-197
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 16 March 1944
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Perim
Namesake	Perim
Acquired	16 March 1944
Commissioned	16 March 1944
Decommissioned	1945
Identification	Pennant number: K593
Fate	Returned to United States 22 May 1946, Scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Colony/Tacoma-class patrol frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	3 × boilers; 2 × turbines, 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) each; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. AA guns; 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns; 9 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge racks;

HMS Perim (K593), ex-Sierra Leone, was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Phillimore (PF-89) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.

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