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HMS Zanzibar (K 596)
ex-Zanzibar (PF 92)
ex-Prowse
ex-PG-200



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Zulu
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate/British Colony Class Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-200; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-92, 15 April 1943; Named Prowse; Renamed Zanzibar; Laid down 20 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Launched 21 November 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and Commissioned HMS Zanzibar (K-596), 21 June 1944; Returned to U.S. custody 21 May 1946 at Brooklyn, NY; Struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1946; Sold for scrap 17 June 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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