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HMS Findhorn (K 301)
ex-PG-106


PG-106 served only in the Royal Navy.
British River Class Frigate/Patrol Gunboat:

  • Laid down 25 August 1942 for the U.S. Navy as PG-106 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Canada
  • Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program
  • Launched 5 December 1942
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy 25 June 1943 and commissioned HMS Findhorn (K 301)
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 20 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in March 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,370 t.
  • Length 301.25'
  • Beam 36.5'
  • Draft 13'
  • Speed 20 kts.
  • Complement 107
  • Armament: Two 4"/40 mounts, ten 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, and one hedgehog depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Two Admiralty 3-drum express boilers, one 5,500ihp reciprocating vertical triple expansion engine, one shaft.
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    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR James Crosbie Dawson, RD, RNR25 June 1943 - 6 April 1945
    02T/A/LCDR John Plender Burnett, RNVR6 April 1945 - 14 January 1946
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history currently available for PG-106
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