HMS Tortola

HMS Tortola at Greenock, Scotland, on 21 September 1944.
History
United States
Name	USS Peyton
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom
Reclassified	Patrol frigate, PF-91, 15 April 1943
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	16 October 1943
Renamed	Tortola, 1943
Namesake	Tortola
Launched	16 November 1943
Completed	15 May 1944[1]
Commissioned	never
Identification	PG-199
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 15 May 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 22 May 1946
Stricken	3 July 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 17 January 1947 Scrapped 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tortola
Namesake	Tortola
Acquired	15 May 1944
Commissioned	16 May 1944 [2]
Decommissioned	August 1945[1]
Identification	Pennant number: K595
Honours and awards	Battle honours for Arctic 1944 and Atlantic 1944-1945[1]
Fate	Returned to U.S. Navy 22 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 in (76 mm)/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

HMS Tortola (K595) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Peyton (PF-91) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.