HMS Cranstoun

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.

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K511
speed 24 knot, length 93.2 metre, beam 11.1 metre, draft 3.3 metre, 
Buckley-class destroyer escort, Captain-class frigate, destroyer escort, Royal Navy, United States Navy, 

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1943-11-13T00:00:00Z

1943-11-13T00:00:00Z

1943 HMS Cranstoun

1945-12-03T00:00:00Z

1945-12-03T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-11-13T00:00:00Z

1943-11-13T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1943-08-28T00:00:00Z

1943-08-28T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-06-09T00:00:00Z

1943-06-09T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

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