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|module= Career (United States) US flag 48 stars Name: Holmes (PG-189)Namesake: A British name assigned in anticipation of delivery of the ship to the United KingdomReclassified: Patrol frigate, PF-81, 15 April 1943 |module2=Builder: Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode IslandLaid down: 17 August 1943[1] |module3=Renamed: Hong Kong, 1943 |module4=Namesake: Hong Kong |module5=Renamed: Tobago, 1943 |module6=Namesake: Tobago |module7=Launched: 27 September 1943Sponsored by: Mrs. D. W. AmbridgeCommissioned: neverFate: Transferred to the United Kingdom, 12 August 1944 |module8={{Infobox ship career|embed=yes |Hide header=yes |Ship acquired= Returned by United Kingdom 13 May 1946 |Ship fate= Sold for scrapping
Scrapping canceled
Resold 1950 for use as civilian passenger ship
Sunk as block ship 1956 |module= Career (United Kingdom) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Name: HMS Tobago (K585)Namesake: TobagoAcquired: 12 August 1944Commissioned: 12 August 1944Decommissioned: 1945[2]Fate: Returned to United States, 13 May 1946 The fourth HMS Tobago (K585), ex-Hong Kong, was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Holmes (PF-81) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.

Construction and acquisition[]

The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-189, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as the first USS Holmes. She was reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-81, on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 17 August 1943.[1] Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom, the ship was first renamed Hong Kong and then Tobago by the British prior to launching and was launched on 27 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. D. W. Ambridge of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Service history[]

Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 12 August 1944, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS Tobago (K585) on patrol and escort duty until 1945.[2]

Disposal[]

The United Kingdom returned Tobago to the U.S. Navy on 13 May 1946. She subsequently was sold to the Boston Metals Company of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping, but her scrapping was cancelled and in 1950 she was resold to Khedivial Mail Lines of Alexandria, Egypt, for use as a civilian passenger vessel. She was sunk as a blockship in the Suez Canal in 1956.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 uboat.net HMS Tobago (K 585)
  2. 2.0 2.1 According to uboat.net HMS Tobago (K 585), Tobago' is not listed as an active unit on the October 1945 Navy List, strongly implying that the Royal Navy decommissioned her sometime earlier that year.

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