HMS Tobago (K585)

History
United States
Name	Holmes
Namesake	A British name assigned in anticipation of delivery of the ship to the United Kingdom
Reclassified	Patrol frigate, PF-81, 15 April 1943
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	17 August 1943[1]
Renamed	Hong Kong, 1943
Namesake	Hong Kong
Renamed	Tobago, 1943
Namesake	Tobago
Launched	27 September 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. D. W. Ambridge
Commissioned	never
Identification	PG-189
Fate	Transferred to the United Kingdom, 12 August 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 13 May 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping Scrapping canceled Resold 1950 for use as civilian passenger ship Sunk as block ship 1956
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tobago
Namesake	Tobago
Acquired	12 August 1944
Commissioned	12 August 1944
Decommissioned	1945[2]
Identification	K585
Fate	Returned to United States, 13 May 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Colony/Tacoma-class patrol frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	3 × boilers 2 × turbines, 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) each 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × single 3-inch/50 cal. AA guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 9 × single 20 mm 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks

The fourth HMS Tobago (K585), ex-Hong Kong, was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Holmes (PF-81) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.