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HMS Antigua (K 501)
ex-Hamond (PF 73)
ex-PG-181


Hamond served only in the Royal Navy.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-181; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate and named Hamond (PF 73), 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program and renamed Antigua; Launched 26 July 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned HMS Antigua (K 501), 4 November 1943; Returned to U.S. custody 2 May 1946; Sold for scrap to the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.

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Hamond 48k Photo taken from Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II, by David K. Brown. Robert Hurst
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