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Shiel (PG 110)
ex-HMS Shiel (K 305)
ex-PG-110
British River Class Frigate: Laid down in 1943 as PG-110 for the U.S. Navy at Canadian Vickers, Ltd., Montreal, Canada; Launched, 29 September 1943; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned HMS Shiel (K 305); Returned to U.S. Navy custody, 2 March 1946 at Boston, Mass.; Reclassified PG-110; Struck from the Navy Register 8 May 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal and sold. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 1370 t; Length 301.25'; Beam 36.5'; Draft 13'; Speed 20 kts; Complement 107; Armament two 4"/40 mounts, ten 20mm guns, two dct, and one hedgehog dcp; Propulsion two Admiralty 3-drum express boilers, one 5,500ihp reciprocating vertical triple expansion engine, one shaft.
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