HMS Trollope

	HMS Trollope photographed during World War II by an aircraft operating from Royal Naval Air Station HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland.
History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-566)
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	29 September 1943
Launched	20 November 1943
Completed	10 January 1944
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 10 January 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 10 October 1944
Stricken	13 November 1944
Fate	Sold 9 January 1947 for scrapping; Scrapped 1951;
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trollope (K575)
Namesake	Admiral Sir Henry Trollope (1756-1839), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Russell at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797
Acquired	10 January 1944
Commissioned	10 January 1944
Fate	Constructive total loss 6 July 1944; Returned to United States 10 October 1944;
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	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;
Notes	Pennant number K575

HMS Trollope (K575) 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 January to July 1944, when she was lost.

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