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HMS Kilmarnock (BEC 11)
ex-PCE-837


PCE-837 was transferred to Great Britain.

PCE-827 Class Patrol Craft Escort: Laid down 24 April 1943 as PCE-837 by the Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL; Launched 1 October 1943; Transferred to Great Britian 25 November 1943 and commissioned HMS Kilmarnock (Z 11); Reclassified BEC-11; Returned to U.S. Navy custody in December 1946. 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, Falk single reduction gear,
two shafts.


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