HMS Grindall
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HMS Grindall (K477) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Sanders (DE-273), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 and then in the U.S. Navy as USS Grindall (DE-273) from August to October 1945.
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HMS Grindall on 12 April 1944. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sanders (DE-273) |
Namesake | Eugene Thomas Sanders |
Ordered | 25 January 1942[1] |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 23 April 1943 |
Launched | 4 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Eugene Thomas Sanders |
Completed | 23 September 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 September 1943[2][3] |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 20 August 1945 |
Name | USS Grindall (DE-273) |
Namesake | British name retained |
Commissioned | 20 August 1945[2] |
Decommissioned | 19 October 1945[2] |
Stricken | 1 November 1945[2] |
Fate | Scrapping completed 28 May 1946 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Grindall (K477) |
Namesake | Vice Admiral Richard Grindall (1750-1820), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Prince at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805[4] |
Acquired | 23 September 1943[2][3] |
Commissioned | 23 September 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number K477 |
Fate | Returned to United States 20 August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Captain class frigate |
Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) |
Length | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 156 |
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