HMS Dacres
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Duffy.
HMS Dacres (K472) was a Captain-class frigate, built in the United States as a Evarts-class destroyer escort, and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II.
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Name | Dacres |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 7 April 1943 |
Launched | 19 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1943 |
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Type | Captain-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) |
Length | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 1 in (10.69 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 156 |
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The ship was laid down as Duffy (DE-268) on 7 April 1943 by the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, and launched on 19 May 1943. Transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as Dacres on 28 August 1943, the ship was named after Vice Admiral James Richard Dacres (1749–1810).