HMS Domett
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Eisner (DE-269) |
| Namesake | U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade Jacques Rodney Eisner (1918-1942), killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 |
| Ordered | 25 January 1942[2] |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 7 April 1943[1] |
| Launched | 19 May 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | Never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 3 September 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 5 March 1946[1] |
| Fate | Sold 3 June 1947 for scrapping |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Domett (K473) |
| Namesake | Admiral Sir William Domett (1752-1828), British naval officer who served as commanding officer of HMS Royal George at the Glorious First of June in 1794[3] |
| Acquired | 3 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1943[2] |
| Fate | Returned to United States 5 March 1946[1] |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Armament |
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| Notes | Pennant number K473 |
HMS Domett (K473) 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 USS Eisner (DE-269), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
Construction and transfer[edit]
The ship was assigned the name USS Eisner, the first ship of the name, on 23 February 1943 and laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-269 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 April 1943.[1] She was launched on 19 May 1943. On 3 September 1943 she was christened by 9-year-old Carol E. Pyne, one of the youngest sponsors in the history of the Boston Navy Yard,[4] and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.[1]
Service history[edit]
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Domett (K473) on 3 September 1943[2] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 29 June 1944 she joined the British frigates Cooke, Duckworth, and Essington and a Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft of No. 244 Squadron in a depth charge attack that sank the German submarine U-988 in the English Channel west of Guernsey at 49°37′00″N 003°41′00″W / 49.61667°N 3.68333°W.[2]
The Royal Navy returned Domett to the U.S. Navy on 5 March 1946.[1]
Disposal[edit]
The United States sold Domett on 3 June 1947 for scrapping.
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c d uboat.net HMS Dornett (K 473)
- ^ Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Dornett K473 (DE 269)
- ^ New York Times, Sept. 4, 1943, p. 14.
References[edit]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Eisner (DE-269) HMS Domett (K-473)
- uboat.net HMS Domett (K 473)
- Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Domett K473 (DE 269)
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