HMS Retalick
 The future HMS Retalick (K555) at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts, on the day she was launched, 9 October 1943.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-90) |
| Ordered | 10 January 1942[1] |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 21 July 1943[2] |
| Launched | 9 October 1943[2] |
| Completed | 8 December 1943[2] |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 8 December 1943[2] |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 25 October 1945[2] |
| Stricken | 19 December 1945[2] |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 7 May 1946[2] |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Retalick (K555) |
| Namesake | Captain Richard Retalick ( ? - 1803), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Defiance during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801[3][4] |
| Acquired | 8 December 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | 8 December 1943[1] |
| Fate | Returned to United States 25 October 1945[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36.75 ft (11.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
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| Notes | Pennant number K555 |
HMS Retalick (K555) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.
Construction and transfer
[edit]The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-90 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 21 July 1943 and launched on 9 October 1943.[2] She was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease upon completion on 8 December 1943.[2]
Service history
[edit]Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Retalick (K555) on 8 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II.[1][2]
The Royal Navy returned Retalick to the U.S. Navy on 25 October 1945.[2]
Disposal
[edit]The U.S. Navy struck Retalick from its Naval Vessel Register on 19 December 1945. She was sold on 7 May 1946 for scrapping.[2]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Retalick (DE-90) HMS Retalick (K-555)
- uboat.net HMS Retalick (K 555)
- Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DEs for UK[usurped]
- Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Retalick K555 (DE 90)
