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DE- 574 HMS HOTHAM K-583

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Hingham MA 5 November 1943, Launched 21 December 1943
Commissioned (USN) Never, To Britain as lend lease 8 February 1944
Retained post war and fitted out as floating power station for use at Sinapore.
Moved to Hong Kong and used as station ship.
Returned to England in late 1947.
Returned (USN) 13 March 1956
Fate: Sold for scrapping in the Netherlands 1 November 1956

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Hotham 125k undated wartime image, in Malta Harbor Jim Bryce
Hotham 28k Hong Kong Harbor 1945 Thomas Smith
via Malc. Bailey
Hotham 22k Hong Kong Harbor 1945 Thomas Smith
via Malc. Bailey

DE- 574 HMS HOTHAM K-583 History
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