Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort
Photo Archive

HMS Kilmacolm (BEC 10)
ex-PCE-836


PCE-836 was transferred to Great Britain.
PCE-827 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 12 April 1943 as PCE-836 by the Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL; Launched 17 September 1943; Transferred to Great Britian 6 November 1943 and commissioned HMS Kilmacolm (Z 10); Redesignated BEC-10; Struck from the Navy Register in 1947; Sold into Merchant service in 1970 and renamed Rio Agueda; Renamed Rio Star in 1978. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 640 t; Length 180' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 15k; Complement 100; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, three 40mm mounts, five 20mm mounts, two dct, four dcp, two dcp (hh); Propulsion two 1,800bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
PCE-836 74k c. 1943/1945. Mr. Leslie Cleal (Royal Navy Retired)
via his grandson Ken Howard
There is no DANFS history available for PCE-836
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Patrol Craft Escort (PCE) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2007 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2007 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.