River class frigate

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For other naval ship classes of the same name, see River class.

HMS Swale K 217, a River class frigate, later transferred to the Royal South African Navy.
General Characteristics Royal Navy Ensign
Displacement:
  • RN all groups - 1,370 tons; 1,830 tons full
  • RAN group I - 1,420 tons; 2,020 tons full
  • RAN group II - 1,545 tons; 2,185 tons full
  • RCN group - 1,445 tons; 2,110 tons full
Length: 283 ft (86.25 m) p/p ; 301.25 ft (91.82 m) o/a
Beam: 36.5 ft (11.1 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.75 m); 13 ft (4 m) full load
Propulsion:

2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp
(except Cam, Chelmer, Ettrick, Halladale, Helmsdale, Tweed; Parsons Single reduction steam turbines, 6,500 shp
Speed: 20 kts (37km/h) (20.5 kts in turbine ships)
Range:
  • RN group I - 440 tons oil fuel; 7,200 nm (13,334 km) at 12 kts (22 km/h)
  • RAN all groups - 500 tons oil fuel; 5,180 nm (9,593 km) at 12 kts (22 km/h)
  • All other groups - 646 tons oil fuel; 7,500 nm (13,334 km) at 15 kts (28 km/h)
Complement:
  • RN all groups - 107
  • RAN group I - 140
  • RAN group II - 177
  • RCN group - 157
Armament:
RN all groups;

RCN group;

  • 2 x QF 4 in /45 Mk. XVI on 1 twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
  • 1 x QF 12 pdr /12 cwt Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
  • 8 x 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 4 twin mounts Mk.V
  • 1 x Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector
  • up to 150 depth charges

RAN group I;

  • 2 x QF 4 in /45 Mk. XVI on single mounts HA/LA Mk.XX
  • 8 x 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III, later replaced by;
    • 3 x 40 mm Bofors A/A on single mounts Mk.VII
    • 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V
  • 1 x Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector
  • up to 50 depth charges

RAN group II;

  • 4 x QF 4 in /45 Mk. XVI on 2 twin mounts HA/LA Mk.XIX
  • 3 x 40 mm Bofors A/A on single mounts Mk.VII
  • 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V
  • 1 x Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector
  • up to 50 depth charges

The River class frigates were a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic.

The majority served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy, with the some serving in the other Allied navies; the Royal Australian Navy, the Free French Navy, the Royal Netherlands Navy and, post-war, the South African Navy. Ten Canadian built ships were assigned to the United States Navy to cover for a shortage of suitable convoy escorts until American built ships became available. In the event, only two were transferred, the remaining eight were used by the Canadians.

After World War II they found employment in many other navies the world over, many Canadian ships were sunk as breakwaters.

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[edit] Design

The Rivers were designed by naval engineer William Reed to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the Black Swan class sloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery (eg reciprocating steam engines instead of turbines) and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower-class corvettes.

The River-class design was used as the basis for the United States Navys Tacoma class (known to the Royal navy as the Colony class frigate), and the hull design was later elaborated into the Loch class frigate, and subsequently the Bay class frigate

[edit] Ships

[edit] Royal Navy group I

[edit] Royal Navy group II

[edit] Royal Australian Navy group I

[edit] Royal Australian Navy group II

[edit] Royal Canadian Navy group

  • HMCS Antigonish
  • HMCS Beacon Hill (ex- Royal Mount)
  • HMCS Buckingham
  • HMCS Cap de la Madeleine
  • HMCS Cape Breton
  • HMCS Capilano
  • HMCS Carlplace (to Dominican Navy 1946 as Presidente Trujillo, later Mella)
  • HMCS Charlottetown
  • HMCS Chebogue
  • HMCS Coaticook
  • HMCS Dunver (ex- Verdun of Canada, ex- Verdun)
  • HMCS Eastview
  • HMCS Fort Erie (ex- La Tuque)
  • HMCS Glace Bay (ex- Lauzon; to Chilean Navy 1946 as Esmerelda, later Bacquedano)
  • HMCS Grou
  • HMCS Hallowell (to Israeli Navy 1949 as Misnak, to Royal Ceylon Navy 1958 as H.M.Cy.S. GAJABAHU,1972 S.L.N.S. GAJABAHU)
  • HMCS Inch Arran
  • HMCS Joliette (to Chilean Navy 1946 as Iquique)
  • HMCS Jonquiere
  • HMCS Kirkland Lake (ex- St Jerome)
  • HMCS Kokanee
  • HMCS La Hulloise
  • HMCS Lanark
  • 'HMCS 'Lasalle
  • HMCS Lauzon (ex- Glace Bay)
  • HMCS Levis
  • HMCS Longueuil
  • HMCS Magog
  • HMCS Matane (ex- Stormont)
  • HMCS Montreal
  • HMCS New Glasgow
  • HMCS New Waterford
  • HMCS Orkney (to Israeli Navy 1950 as Mivtakh,to Royal Ceylon Navy in 1955 as H.M.Cy.S. MAHASENA)
  • HMCS Outremont
  • HMCS Penetang (ex- Rouyn; to Royal Norwegian Navy 1956 as HNoMS Draug)
  • HMCS Port Colborne
  • HMCS Poundmaker (to Peruvian Navy 1947 as BAP Teniente Ferré)
  • HMCS Prestonian (ex- Beauharnois; to Royal Norwegian Navy 1956 as HNoMS Troll)
  • HMCS Prince Rupert
  • HMCS Royal Mount
  • HMCS Runnymede
  • HMCS Sea Cliff (ex- Megantic; to Chilean Navy 1946 as Cavadonga)
  • HMCS Springhill
  • HMCS St. Catharines
  • HMCS St. John
  • HMCS St. Pierre (to Peruvian Navy 1947 as BAP Teniente Palacios)
  • HMCS St. Stephen
  • HMCS Ste. Therese
  • HMCS Stettler
  • HMCS Stone Town
  • HMCS Stormont (ex- Matane)
  • HMCS Strathadam (to Israeli Navy 1950 as Misgav)
  • HMCS Sussexvale (ex- Valdorian)
  • HMCS Swansea
  • HMCS Thetford Mines
  • HMCS Toronto (to Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Valkyrien)
  • HMCS Valleyfield (sunk by U-548 on 7 May 1944)
  • HMCS Victoriaville (renamed Granby 1966)
  • HMCS Waskesiu
  • HMCS Wentworth

[edit] Rivers lost in action

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Bibliography

  • British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, H T Lenton, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-277-7
  • Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, 1983, ISBN 0-7110-1322-5

[edit] External links

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