HMS Manners (K568)
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| Name: | unnamed (DE-523) |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 24 September 1943 |
| Completed: | 16 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | never |
| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom 16 December 1943 |
| Acquired: | Returned by United Kingdom 8 November 1945 |
| Struck: | 19 December 1945 |
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| Class and type: | Captain class frigate |
| Name: | HMS Manners (K568) |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Lord Robert Manners (1758-1782), British naval officer who died of complications from severe wounds suffered while commanding officer of HMS Resolution at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782 |
| Acquired: | 16 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1945 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,140 tons |
| Length: | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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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 |
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| Notes: | Pennant number K568 |
The second HMS Manners (K568) 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 DE-523, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.
The ship was laid down by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 14 August 1943 as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-523 and launched on 24 September 1943. The ship was christened by Sara Fischer, the wife of Captain Hugo Fischer, who was the superintendent of the Boston Navy Yard at the time. The United States transferred the ship to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 16 December 1943.
The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Manners (K568) under the command of Lieutenant Denis Jermain, RN, on 16 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer. She served on antisubmarine patrol and convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic Ocean.
On 26 October 1944, Manners accidentally rammed the Royal Norwegian Navy corvette HNoMS Rose in the North Atlantic. As a result of damage suffered in the collision, Rose sank at position 45°50′N 40°15′W / 45.833°N 40.250°W.
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