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HMS Loring (DE 520 / K.565)
Specifications:
Class: Evarts (lend-lease)
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1140 tons (light), 1430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' (extreme)
Draft: 11' (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), 4-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship), 4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 156
HMS Loring (K.565) Building and Operational Data:
18 July 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.
30 August 1943: Launched
20 November 1943: Transferred to the Royal Navy, commissioned as HMS Loring (K.565)
07 January 1947: Returned to USN while still in England
25 March 1947: Sold for scrap to a Greek shipbreaker
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26 August 1944: the Royal Navy Captain-class frigate HMS Loring (K.565) underway, location unknown.
(Photo #FL 14933 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums) |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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undated wartime image |
Glen Deasy |
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crew photo in dress blues, Glen's Dad, PO Jack Deasy, served aboard |
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shipmates in tropical whites |
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two proud petty officers |
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the engineroom gang |
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crewmates showing off their muscles |
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Glen's Dad, PO Jack Deasy, in a lifejacket (he couldn't swim) |
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looking over Loring's side |
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HMS Loring (K.565) (ex-DE 520), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
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