HMS Bayntun (K310) at sea in 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Bayntun |
Namesake | Henry William Bayntun |
Awarded | 1 November 1941 |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 5 April 1942 |
Launched | 27 June 1942 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy, 20 January 1943 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Bayntun |
Commissioned | 20 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1945 |
Homeport | Derry, Northern Ireland |
Identification | Pennant number: K310 |
Fate | Returned to USN at Harwich, 22 August 1945 |
United States | |
Name | Bayntun |
Commissioned | 22 August 1945 |
Decommissioned | 19 October 1945 |
Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
Identification | Hull classification symbol: DE-1 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 17 June 1947 |
General characteristics | |
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Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
Range | 4,150 nmi (4,780 mi; 7,690 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 175 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | 44th Escort Group, Western Approaches Command |
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USS Bayntun (DE-1) was the first of the American built lend lease Captain-class frigates in the Royal Navy as HMS Bayntun (K310). She was named for Henry William Bayntun.