HMS Domett
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Eisner (DE-269) |
| Ordered | 25 January 1942[1] |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 7 April 1943 |
| Launched | 19 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | Never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 3 September 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 5 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1947 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Domett (K473) |
| Namesake | Admiral Sir William Domett |
| Acquired | 3 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K473 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 5 March 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (standard) |
| Length | 289 ft 5 in (88.2 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.7 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 1 in (3.1 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) electric motors |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 4 diesel engines |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 198 |
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HMS Domett (K473) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy built during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Eisner (DE-269), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
Description
The Evarts-class ships had an overall length of 289 feet 5 inches (88.2 m), a beam of 35 feet 2 inches (10.7 m), and a draught of 10 feet 1 inch (3.1 m) at full load. They displaced 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) at (standard) and 1,416 long tons (1,439 t) at full load.[2] The ships had a diesel–electric powertrain derived from a submarine propulsion system[3] with four General Motors 16-cylinder diesel engines providing power to four General Electric electric generators which sent electricity to four 1,500-shaft-horsepower (1,100 kW) General Electric electric motors which drove the two propeller shafts. The destroyer escorts had enough power give them a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) and enough fuel oil to give them a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). Their crew consisted of 198 officers and ratings.[4]
The armament of the Evarts-class ships in British service consisted of three single mounts for 50-caliber 3-inch (76 mm)/50 Mk 22 dual-purpose guns; one superfiring pair forward of the bridge and the third gun aft of the superstructure. Anti-aircraft defence was intended to consisted of a twin-gun mount for 40-millimetre (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns atop the rear superstructure with nine 20-millimetre (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns located on the superstructure, but production shortages meant that that not all guns were fitted, or that additional Oerlikons replaced the Bofors guns. A Mark 10 Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar was positioned just behind the forward gun. The ships were also equipped with two depth charge rails at the stern and four "K-gun" depth charge throwers.[5]
Construction and career
The ship was assigned the name USS Eisner on 23 February 1943 and laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-269 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 April 1943. She was launched on 19 May 1943 and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Domett (K473) on 3 September 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 29 June 1944 she joined the British frigates Cooke, Duckworth, and Essington and a Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft of No. 244 Squadron in a depth charge attack that sank the German submarine U-988 in the English Channel west of Guernsey at 49°37′00″N 003°41′00″W / 49.61667°N 3.68333°W.[1]
The Royal Navy returned Domett to the U.S. Navy on 5 March 1946 and the ship was sold for scrap on 3 June 1947.[6]
Citations
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
- Friedman, Norman (2005). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
