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HMS Nyasaland (K 587)
ex-Hoste (PF-83)



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Zulu - Victor

ex-PG-191

Hoste served only in the Royal Navy.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-191; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-83, and named Hoste 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; Renamed Nyasaland and launched 6 October 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and Commissioned HMS Nyasaland (K 587), 31 July 1944; Returned to U.S. custody 15 April 1946; Sold for scrap 10 November 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 176; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose mounts, two twin 40mm mounts, nine 20mm, one Hedgehog, eight depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp engines, two shafts.

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