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HMS Tortola (K 595)
ex-Peyton (PF 91)



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Xray

ex-PG-199

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate/British Colony Class Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-199; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-91, 15 April 1943; Named Peyton; Laid down 16 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Launched 16 November 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and Commissioned HMS Tortola (K-595), 15 May 1944; Returned to U.S. custody 22 May 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commission 17 June 1947 for disposal; Struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; Sold for scrapping to John J. Duane Co., Quincy, MA; Resold 17 January 1947 to Washburn Wire Co., Philppsdale, RI; Scrapped 10 September 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50AA gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, 1 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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