HMS Cranstoun

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HMS Cranstoun (K511) was a Captain-class frigate of the British Royal Navy that served in the last two years of World War II. The ship was laid down as a Buckley-class destroyer escort at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-82, and launched on 28 August 1943. The ship was transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease on 13 November 1943, and named after Captain James Cranstoun, an officer who served in the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.

1943  Wikidata
K511
speed 24 knot, length 93.2 metre, beam 11.1 metre, draft 3.3 metre, 
destroyer escort, Captain-class frigateBuckley-class destroyer escort


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    1943 HMS Cranstoun
    1943-08-28T00:00:00Z
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    ship launching
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    ship decommissioning
    1943-11-13T00:00:00Z
    1943-11-13T00:00:00Z
    ship commissioning
    1943-06-09T00:00:00Z
    1943-06-09T00:00:00Z
    keel laying
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