HMCS Nene

HMS Nene
History
United Kingdom
Name	Nene
Namesake	River Nene, England
Ordered	24 January 1942
Builder	Smiths Dock Co., Middlesbrough
Laid down	20 June 1942
Launched	9 December 1942
Commissioned	8 April 1943
Out of service	4 June 1944 (transferred to RCN)
Reinstated	11 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K270
Honours and awards	Biscay 1943 Arctic 1943–44 Atlantic 1943–44 North Sea 1945
Fate	Broken up for salvage in 1955
Canada
Name	Nene
Commissioned	4 June 1944
Decommissioned	11 June 1945
Fate	Returned to RN
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range	646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement	157
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships) 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

HMS Nene was a River-class frigate, designed for anti-submarine operations, that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In 1944 she was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy and recommissioned as HMCS Nene, who returned her to the Royal Navy in 1945. Following the war she remained in reserve until disposed of in 1955.