HMS Lowestoft (U59)

Lowestoft in March 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lowestoft
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	28 August 1933
Launched	11 April 1934
Completed	22 November 1934
Decommissioned	June 1945
Fate	Sold for mercantile service 4 October 1946, scrapped 1955
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	990 long tons (1,010 t) standard
Length	266 ft 3 in (81.15 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (full load)
Propulsion	Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 4 × 3-pounder guns

HMS Lowestoft was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Built at Devonport Dockyard in the 1930s, Lowestoft was launched in 1934 and commissioned later that year. She served on the China Station, based at Hong Kong until the outbreak of the Second World War. Lowestoft served as a convoy escort during the war, both in the North Atlantic and off the west coast of Africa.