HMS Braithwaite (K468)
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| Career |   |
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| Laid down: | May 10, 1943 |
| Launched: | July 31, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | November 13, 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | Returned to US Navy on December 17, 1945 |
| Fate: | Declared “not essential to the defence of the United States“ on 8 January 1946. The hull number was struck from the Navy list on 21 January 1946, and then sold to Northern Metals Co. of Philadelphia in June 1946 for scrapping. |
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| Displacement: | 1,800 tons (fully loaded) |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.1 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) fully loaded |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 5,500 nautical miles (10,190 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | Typically between 170 & 180 |
HMS Braithwaite was a Buckley class Captains class frigate during World War II. Named Capt. Samuel Braithwaite of HMS Kingston.
Originally destined for the US Navy HMS Braithwaite was provisionally given the name USS Straub (this name was reassigned to DE 181) however the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch. Commanding Officers were Lt Cdr E McKay RNR November 1943 and Lt Cdr PJ Stoner RN July 1944.
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[edit] Actions
HMS Braithwaite served with both the 3rd and 10th Escort Groups earning battle honours for service in the North Atlantic, English Channel, Normandy 1944, North Foreland and the North Sea.
On February 3, 1945 the submarine U-1279 was sunk in the North Sea northwest of Bergen, in approximate position , by depth charges from the frigates HMS Braithwaite, HMS Bayntun and HMS Loch Eck. There were no survivors from U-1279 (48 dead).
On February 14, 1945 the submarine U-989 was sunk off the Faroe Islands, in position by depth charges from the frigates HMS Braithwaite, HMS Bayntun, HMS Loch Eck and HMS Loch Dunvegan. There were no survivors from U-989 (47 dead).
[edit] General Information
- Pennant (UK): K 468
- Pennant (US): DE 77
- Built by: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
[edit] External links
- Braithwaite - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Uboat.net page for HMS Braithwaite
- Uboat.net page for U-1279
- Uboat.net page for U-989
- captainclassfrigates.co.uk
[edit] References
- The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War by Donald Collingwood. published by Leo Cooper (1998), ISBN 085052 615 9.
- The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts by Bruce Hampton Franklin, published by Chatham Publishing (1999), ISBN 086176118X.
- German U-Boat Losses During World War II by Axel Niestle, published by United States Naval Inst (1998), ISBN 1557506418.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
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