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HMS Tobago (K 585)
ex-HMS Hong Kong
ex-Holmes (PF 81)
ex-PG-189



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Zulu - Tango

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-189; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-81, 15 April 1943 and named Holmes; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program and renamed HMS Hong Kong (K 585); Launched 27 September 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy 12 August 1944 and renamed HMS Tobago; Returned to U.S. custody 13 May 1946; Sold for scrapping to Boston Metals, Baltimore, MD; Resold in 1950 to Khedivial Mail Lines, Alexandria, Egypt for use as a passenger vessel; Scuttled as a block ship in the Suez Canal in 1956.

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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