HMS Annan (K404)

HMS Annan at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	Annan
Namesake	River Annan
Ordered	26 December 1942
Builder	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen
Laid down	10 June 1943
Launched	29 December 1943
Identification	pennant number: K 404
Fate	Transferred to Canada 13 January 1944 Returned 20 June 1945 Sold to Denmark November 1945
Canada
Name	Annan
Commissioned	13 January 1944
Decommissioned	20 June 1945
Identification	pennant number: K 404
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944, North Sea 1944[1]
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy 1945
Denmark
Name	Niels Ebbesen
Namesake	Niels Ebbesen
Commissioned	27 November 1945
Decommissioned	8 May 1963
Identification	pennant number: F 339
Fate	Broken up 1963 at Odense
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 × 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	7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Endurance	646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel
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 Annan was a River-class frigate built for the Royal Navy but was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before commissioning. She served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and saw action primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was returned to United Kingdom following the war and quickly sold to Denmark, who renamed the vessel Niels Ebbesen. She was primarily used as a training vessel until 1963 when she was broken up in Odense. She was named for the River Annan in Scotland in UK and Canadian service and Niels Ebbesen in Danish service.