HMS Manners (K568)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-523)
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	14 August 1943
Launched	24 September 1943
Completed	16 December 1943
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 16 December 1943
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 8 November 1945
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Sold 3 December 1946 for scrapping Scrapped 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Manners (K568)
Namesake	Captain Lord Robert Manners (1758-1782), British naval officer who died of complications from severe wounds suffered while commanding officer of HMS Resolution at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782
Acquired	16 December 1943
Commissioned	16 December 1943
Decommissioned	1945[1]
Fate	Constructive total loss 26 January 1945 Returned to United States 8 November 1945
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW) GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) Two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	156
Sensors and processing systems	SA & SL type radars Type 144 series Asdic MF Direction Finding antenna HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar Depth charges QF 2-pounder naval gun
Notes	Pennant number K568

The second HMS Manners (K568) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-523, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.