The Colony-class frigates were a class of twenty-one frigates built for the Royal Navy in World War II. They were given the names of relatively minor colonies as names of large colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers.
Specifications[]
- Type: Frigate
- Service Period: 1943-1948
- Characteristics:
- Length: 303 feet 11 inches (92.63 meters)
- Beam: 37 feet 6 inches (11.43 meters)
- Draft: 13 feet 8 inches (4.17 meters)
- Displacement: 1,264 tons (Standard)
- Crew: 190
- Propulsion: 3 x boilers, 2 x turbines, 2 x shafts, 11,000 shp (8,200 kW)
- Range:
- Speed: 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Armament:
- 6 x QF 4"/45-caliber Mk.XVI dual purpose naval guns (3x2)
- 12 x Bofors 40mm/60-caliber anti-aircraft guns (6x2)
- 1 x Hedgehog projector
- 8 x Y-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 x depth charge racks
Unit Run[]
- HMS Anguilla (K500)
- HMS Antigua (K501)
- HMS Ascension (K502)
- HMS Bahamas (K503)
- HMS Barbados (K504)
- HMS Caicos (K505)
- HMS Cayman (K506)
- HMS Dominica (K507)
- HMS Labuan (K584)
- HMS Tobago (K585)
- HMS Montserrat (K586)
- HMS Nyasaland (K587)
- HMS Papua (K588)
- HMS Pitcairn (K589)
- HMS St. Helena (K590)
- HMS Sarawak (S591)
- HMS Seychelles (K592)
- HMS Perim (K593)
- HMS Somaliland (K594)
- HMS Tortola (K595)
- HMS Zanzibar (K596)