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DE 518
HMS Lawson (K.516)
Specifications:
Class: Evarts (Lend-Lease) (Royal Navy Captain Class)
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183
HMS Lawson (K.516) Building and Operational Data:
09 July 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard
13 August 1943: Launched
15 November 1943: Transferred to Great Britain as Lend-Lease, commissioned as HMS Lawson (K516)
20 March 1946: Returned to U.S. Navy custody, Struck from the NVR
31 January 1947: Sold for scrapping
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date and place unknown: A turbine-electric version of the 'Captain' class underway.
(Source: Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Development 1932-1945 by David K Brown, RCNC) |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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15 June 1944: the North Atlantic - The Royal Navy frigate HMS Lawson (K 516), 15th Escort Group underway. Note extra depth charge racks, and a mix of RN and USN life
rafts. The ship is in Western Approaches camouflage.
(Source: Ministry of Defense photo) |
HMS Lawson History
View the HMS Lawson (DE 518 / K-516) DANFS history entry
located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
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