For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tweed.
HMS Tweed (K250) was a River-classfrigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Tweed was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River-class frigate, though Tweed was one of the few powered by a turbine engine. She served in the North Atlantic during World War II.
As a River-class frigate, Tweed was one of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts, named after rivers in the United Kingdom. The ships were designed by naval engineer William Reed, of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees, to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the Black Swan-classsloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery (e.g. reciprocating steam engines instead of turbines) and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower-classcorvettes. Its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Navy at the time, including the Flower class.
Tweed was funded through the Warship Week programme, with Hatfield, Hertfordshire raising over £150,000 to pay for the construction of the ship. The ship was adopted by the town in May 1943, with a plaque bearing the district's coat of arms being installed on the ship soon after.[1]
War Serviceedit
After commissioning in April 1943, Tweed participated in anti-submarine warfare exercises off Lough Foyle and served in convoy escort missions.[2]
tweed, k250, other, ships, with, same, name, tweed, river, class, frigate, royal, navy, tweed, built, specifications, group, river, class, frigate, though, tweed, powered, turbine, engine, served, north, atlantic, during, world, historyunited, kingdomnametweed. For other ships with the same name see HMS Tweed HMS Tweed K250 was a River class frigate of the Royal Navy RN Tweed was built to the RN s specifications as a Group I River class frigate though Tweed was one of the few powered by a turbine engine She served in the North Atlantic during World War II HistoryUnited KingdomNameTweedNamesakeRiver TweedBuilderA amp J Inglis Ltd GlasgowLaid down31 December 1941Launched24 November 1942Commissioned28 April 1943FateSunk by U 305 7 January 1944 at 48 18 N 21 19 W 48 300 N 21 317 W 48 300 21 317General characteristicsClass and typeRiver class frigateDisplacement1 370 long tons 1 390 t 1 830 long tons 1 860 t deep load Length283 ft 86 26 m p p 301 25 ft 91 82 m o aBeam36 5 ft 11 13 m Draught9 ft 2 74 m 13 ft 3 96 m deep load PropulsionParsons single reduction steam turbines 6 500 ihp 4 800 kW Speed20 knots 37 0 km h Range440 long tons 450 t 490 short tons oil fuel 7 200 nautical miles 13 334 km at 12 knots 22 2 km h Complement107Armament2 QF 4 inch 102 mm Mk XIX guns single mounts CP Mk XXIII up to 10 QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on twin mounts Mk V and single mounts Mk III 1 Hedgehog 24 spigot A S projector up to 150 depth charges Contents 1 Background 2 War Service 3 References 4 External linksBackground editAs a River class frigate Tweed was one of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti submarine convoy escorts named after rivers in the United Kingdom The ships were designed by naval engineer William Reed of Smith s Dock Company of South Bank on Tees to have the endurance and anti submarine capabilities of the Black Swan class sloops while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery e g reciprocating steam engines instead of turbines and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower class corvettes Its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Navy at the time including the Flower class Tweed was funded through the Warship Week programme with Hatfield Hertfordshire raising over 150 000 to pay for the construction of the ship The ship was adopted by the town in May 1943 with a plaque bearing the district s coat of arms being installed on the ship soon after 1 War Service editAfter commissioning in April 1943 Tweed participated in anti submarine warfare exercises off Lough Foyle and served in convoy escort missions 2 In late September 1943 Tweed rammed a U boat 3 Tweed was part of the escort group that sank German submarine U 536 on 20 November 1943 1 On 7 January 1944 Tweed was about 600 miles west of Cape Ortegal in the Atlantic Ocean serving as part of the 5th Escort Group At 17 11 a GNAT torpedo fired by U 305 struck Tweed which sank with the loss of 83 lives HMS Nene K270 picked up 44 survivors 4 5 6 References edit a b HMS Tweed Hatfield warship www hatfield herts co uk Retrieved 9 April 2020 HMS Tweed K 250 of the Royal Navy British Frigate of the River class Allied Warships of WWII uboat net uboat net Retrieved 9 April 2020 HMS Tweed Mystery solved www hatfield herts co uk Retrieved 9 April 2020 HMS Tweed K 250 British Frigate Ships hit by German U boats during WWII uboat net uboat net Retrieved 9 April 2020 Wrecksite Tweed Frigate 1943 1944 Retrieved 10 April 2020 HMS Tweed frigate www naval history net Retrieved 9 April 2020 External links editKindell Don World War 2 at Sea Convoy Escort Movements of Royal and Dominion Navy Vessels naval history net Hague Arnold Arnold Hague Convoy Database convoyweb org uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Tweed K250 amp oldid 1133066884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
