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DE- 266 Wintle - HMS CAPEL K-470
CLASS - Evarts Lend Lease
Displacement 1,140 Tons, Dimensions, 289' 5" (oa) x 35' 2" x 11' (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2 x 40 mm AA, 9 x 20 mmAA.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21.5 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts., Crew 156.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on March 11 1943.
Launched April 22 1943.
Commissioned (USN) Never.
To Britain as lend lease August 16 1943.
Renamed HMS Capel
Fate Torpedoed and sunk By U- 486, December 27 1944, off Cherbourg France.
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DE- 266 Wintle - HMS CAPEL K-470
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