| HMS Conn | |
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HMS Conn 1945 IWM A 28197.jpg HMS Conn at Belfast, April 1945 | |
| Career |   |
| Laid down: | 2 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | Returned to US Navy on 26 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 21 January 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,800 tons (fully loaded) |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.1 m) |
| Draught: |
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| Propulsion: |
2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive 2 solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft (2.6 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) 2 rudders |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | Typically between 170 & 186 |
HMS Conn was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II.[1] Named after Captain John Conn[1] of HMS Dreadnought at the Battle of Trafalgar. Her second and final Commanding Officer was Lt Cdr Raymond Hart DSC September 1944, Senior Officer of the 21st Escort Group.[1]
A Stephen Bone painting of the bridge of HMS Conn as she escorts surrendering U-Boats at the end of the war is part of the Imperial War Museum's art collection. It is titled On Board HMS Conn Watching the Arrival of Fourteen U-Boats Which Surrendered at Loch Eriboll, Sutherlandshire: 7.30 PM.
General information[]
HMS Conn served with the Nore Command and the 21st Escort Group[1] earning battle honours for service in the Arctic (Russian Convoys), North Atlantic, English Channel, North Foreland and North Sea.
- Pennant (UK): K 509[1]
- Pennant (US): DE 80[1]
- Built by: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)[2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War by Donald Collingwood, published by Leo Cooper (1998), ISBN 0-85052-615-9
- ↑ The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts by Bruce Hampton Franklin, published by Chatham Publishing (1999), ISBN 1-86176-118-X.
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