HMS Redmill (K554)
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| Name: | unnamed (DE-89) |
| Ordered: | 10 January 1942 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 14 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. James E. Hamilton |
| Completed: | 30 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | never |
| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom 30 November 1943 |
| Acquired: | Returned by United Kingdom 20 January 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 30 January 1947 or 4 February 1947 |
| Struck: | 7 February 1947 |
 United Kingdom
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| Class and type: | Captain-class frigate |
| Name: | HMS Redmill (K554) |
| Namesake: | Captain Robert Redmill (ca. 1765-1819), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Polyphemus during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 |
| Acquired: | 30 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1943 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,400 tons |
| 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 K554 |
The second HMS Redmill (K554), and first ship to see service under the name, 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.
The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-89 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 14 July 1943 and launched on 2 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. James E. Hamilton, the wife of Captain James E. Hamilton of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships. The ship was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 30 November 1943.
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Redmill (K554) on 30 November 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 27 March 1945 she joined the British frigates HMS Byron (K508) and HMS Fitzroy (K553) in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-722 in the North Atlantic Ocean near the Hebrides at 57°09′00″N 006°55′00″W / 57.15000°N 6.91667°W.
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