NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m	Speed, kts	Machinery, Fuel, t	Armament	Fate
Antwerp (ex-convoy escort)	1920 // 1943	John Brown, Clydebank	2957	98.0ppx13.1x	21	2turbines, oil	1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 1 - 40/39	returned 1945
Boxer (ex-LST(1))	12.12.1942 // 1943	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	3620	118.9x14.9x5.6	16.25	2turbines, oil 1728	2 x 4 - 40/39, 12 - 20/70	radar TS 1947
FDT13 (ex-LST13)	18.11.1942 // 1.1944	Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA	4080 ts (Dp)	100.0x15.2x3.0	12.1	2diesels, diesel oil	7 - 40/56, 12 - 20/70	to USA 2.1946
FDT216 (ex-LST216)	4.7.1943 // 2.1944	Chicago Bridge, USA	4080 ts (Dp)	100.0x15.2x3.0	12.1	2diesels, diesel oil	7 - 40/56, 12 - 20/70	sunk 7.7.1944
FDT217 (ex-LST217)	13.7.1943 // 2.1944	Chicago Bridge, USA	4080 ts (Dp)	100.0x15.2x3.0	12.1	2diesels, diesel oil	7 - 40/56, 12 - 20/70	to USA 2.1946
Palomares (ex-auxiliary AA)	20.10.1937 // 1943	Doxford, Pallion	1896	90.1ppx13.7x	16	1diesel, diesel oil 136	4 x 4 - 40/56, 12 - 20/70	sold 4.1946
Stuart Prince	15.8.1940 // 1941	Smiths Dock, South Bank	1911	92.7ppx13.5x	12	1VTE, coal 400	24 - 20/70	returned 1945
Ulster Queen (ex-auxiliary AA)	28.3.1929 // 1943	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	3791	105.5ppx14.1x	18	2diesels, diesel oil 170	2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XVI, 2 x 4 - 40/39, 10 - 20/70, 2 DCR (14)	returned 4.1946

Project history

Radar-equipped HQ ships intended for fighters direction, used in defense of Home Islands and at Normandy landing.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

FDT216 was torpedoed by German Ju 88 bomber off Le Havre 7.7.1944.