Technical information
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 1140 BRT |
Length | 290 feet |
Complement | 156 men |
Armament | 3 3" guns 9 20mm guns 4 depth charge projectors 2 depth charge tracks 1 hedgehog |
Max speed | 21 knots |
Notes on class | These were American Evarts and Buckley class destroyer escorts built and lend-leased to Britain. Their armament differed from their USN sisters. |
All ships of the Captain class
See all Frigate classes.
Captain class ships hit by U-boats (11) | |||
22 Aug 1944 | HMS Bickerton | Sunk | U-354 |
15 Jun 1944 | HMS Blackwood | Sunk | U-764 |
6 Dec 1944 | HMS Bullen | Sunk | U-775 |
26 Dec 1944 | HMS Capel | Sunk | U-486 |
29 Apr 1945 | HMS Goodall | Sunk | U-286 |
25 Jun 1944 | HMS Goodson | Total loss | U-984 |
1 Mar 1944 | HMS Gould | Sunk | U-358 |
26 Jan 1945 | HMS Manners | Total loss | U-1051 |
2 Nov 1944 | HMS Mounsey | Damaged | U-295 |
27 Apr 1945 | HMS Redmill | Total loss | U-1105 |
1 Nov 1944 | HMS Whitaker | Total loss | U-483 |
Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War, The Collingwood, Donald |
Books dealing with this subject include:
The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War, Collingwood, Donald, 1999 |