HMS Cosby (K559)
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| Career |   |
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| Laid down: | August 11, 1943 |
| Launched: | October 20, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | December 20, 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | Returned to US Navy on March 4, 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on November 5, 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,800 tons fully loaded |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.1 m) |
| Draught: | 9.5 ft (2.9 m) standard 11.25 ft (3.4 m) full load |
| Propulsion: |
2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive 2 solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft (2.6 m). diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.3 m) pitch 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) 2 rudders |
| Endurance: | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | Typically between 170 & 186 |
HMS Cosby was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II, it was named after Captain Philip Cosby (1727-1808) of HMS Robust during the American Revolutionary War.
Originally destined for the US Navy HMS Cosby was provisionally given the name USS Reeves (later this name was reassigned to DE 156) however the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch. The Commanding Officers of HMS Cosby were Lt Cdr R.S.Connell RN December 1943 and Lt I.Pepperell RN August 1944.
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HMS Cosby served with the Nore Command and the Devonport Command earning battle honours for service in the English Channel, North Foreland and North Sea.
- Pennant (UK): K 559
- Pennant (US): DE 94
- Built by: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
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- 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.
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