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The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by Walsh-Kaiser of Providence, Rhode Island for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944. They were given the names of relatively minor colonies as names of large colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers.

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  • The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by Walsh-Kaiser of Providence, Rhode Island for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944. They were given the names of relatively minor colonies as names of large colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers. The ships were built as United States Navy Tacoma-class patrol frigates, a design that was an adaptation of the Royal Navy River-class frigate design built in UK, Canada and Australia, with modifications made mainly to use materials and parts more readily available in the United States. For example, American 3-inch (76 mm) guns were used as the main surface armament in the Tacoma- and Colony-class frigates instead of the British QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XIX guns of the River-class. They were mass-produced to mercantile standards to enable their speedy construction in shipyards that did not normally build warships. They were built more quickly than British shipyards could build the Rivers, but the quicker build required more man-hours and sterling cost was about twice that of a River. Upon transfer to the Royal Navy, each ship underwent modifications to bring her in line with Royal Navy requirements. Uniquely among the Colony-class frigates, and indeed among all World War II frigates, HMS Caicos was fitted and used as an aircraft detection frigate, stationed in the North Sea to detect V-1 flying bombs targeted against Great Britain. The other 20 ships served on patrol and convoy escort duties during the latter part of World War II. The ships are mentioned in HM Frigate by Nicholas Monsarrat, a very slim volume published under wartime censorship rules. Post-war, the Royal Navy returned one of the ships to the U.S. Navy in 1945 and the rest during 1946. None saw U.S. Navy service. Two of the ships were sold into mercantile service in Egypt, surviving until 1956, and Caicos was sold to Argentina in 1947 and served in the Argentine Navy until 1969. The United States scrapped the rest between 1947 and 1949, as they were considered inferior to destroyer escorts, which the U.S. Navy had in ample numbers, in every aspect except range. (en)
  • La clase Colony fue una serie de 21 fragatas transferida por los Estados Unidos al Reino Unido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Finalizado el conflicto, y sin ninguna unidad perdida, fueron devueltas y, en su mayoría, vendidas a particulares. Solamente una, la HMS Caicos (K505),​ fue vendida a Argentina.​​ (es)
  • La classe Colony fu una serie di 21 fregate costruite negli Stati Uniti da di Providence, nel Rhode Island, per essere trasferite secondo i trattati di Lend-Lease alla Royal Navy nel 1944. Ricevettero il nome di colonie minori britanniche dato che i nomi di quelle principali erano già stati usati per gli incrociatori classe Crown Colony. Le navi furono costruite come fregate leggere della United States Navy, un progetto che era un adattamento della classe River della Royal Navy, con modifiche principalmente operate per utilizzare parti e materiali più facilmente reperibili negli Stati Uniti. Ad esempio, furono utilizzati come principale armamento di superficie i cannoni americani da 76 mm, invece dei cannoni britannici da 102 mm presenti sulla classe River. Le navi furono prodotte in massa con standard mercantili per permettere una rapida costruzione in cantieri che normalmente non costruivano navi da guerra. Erano costruite più velocemente di quanto i cantieri britannici impiegavano a costruire le River, ma una costruzione più rapida richiedeva più manodopera, cosicché il costo in sterline era quasi doppio rispetto alle River. Al trasferimento, ogni nave fu modificata per sottostare agli standard della Royal Navy. Unica tra le fregate classe Colony, e in realtà in generale tra le fregate della seconda guerra mondiale, la fu modificata e utilizzata come fregata per la scoperta aerea, stazionata nel Mare del Nord per intercettare le V1 tedesche lanciate verso la Gran Bretagna. Le altre 20 unità servirono come pattugliatori o come navi di scorta per convogli durante l'ultima parte della guerra. Queste navi sono menzionate nel libro di , un volume molto sottile, essendo stato pubblicato sotto la censura di guerra. Alla fine della guerra, nel 1945, la Royal Navy restituì parte delle navi alla U.S. Navy e le restanti nel 1946. Nessuna unità entrò mai in servizio nella U.S. Navy. Due delle navi furono vendute come mercantili in Egitto, sopravvivendo fino al 1956, e la Caicos fu venduta all'Argentina nel 1947, servendo con la marina del paese fino al 1969. Gli Stati Uniti demolirono il resto delle navi tra il 1947 e il 1949, dato che erano considerate inferiori ai cacciatorpediniere di scorta, che la U.S. Navy aveva già in grande numero, in ogni aspetto se non per l'autonomia. (it)
  • Фрегати типу «Колоні» (англ. Colony-class frigates) — клас військових кораблів з 21 фрегата, що випускалися американською суднобудівельною компанією у Провіденсі на замовлення британського адміралтейства за програмою ленд-лізу в період з 1943 по 1945 роки. Фрегати цього типу перебували переважно на озброєнні ескортних протичовнових сил Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії і активно діяли на завершальному етапі Другої світової війни. Усі кораблі, що носили ім'я британських колоній, вціліли у війні та у післявоєнний час один з них був проданий аргентинським ВМС, де перебував на службі до 1971 року. (uk)
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  • La clase Colony fue una serie de 21 fragatas transferida por los Estados Unidos al Reino Unido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Finalizado el conflicto, y sin ninguna unidad perdida, fueron devueltas y, en su mayoría, vendidas a particulares. Solamente una, la HMS Caicos (K505),​ fue vendida a Argentina.​​ (es)
  • Фрегати типу «Колоні» (англ. Colony-class frigates) — клас військових кораблів з 21 фрегата, що випускалися американською суднобудівельною компанією у Провіденсі на замовлення британського адміралтейства за програмою ленд-лізу в період з 1943 по 1945 роки. Фрегати цього типу перебували переважно на озброєнні ескортних протичовнових сил Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії і активно діяли на завершальному етапі Другої світової війни. Усі кораблі, що носили ім'я британських колоній, вціліли у війні та у післявоєнний час один з них був проданий аргентинським ВМС, де перебував на службі до 1971 року. (uk)
  • The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by Walsh-Kaiser of Providence, Rhode Island for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944. They were given the names of relatively minor colonies as names of large colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers. (en)
  • La classe Colony fu una serie di 21 fregate costruite negli Stati Uniti da di Providence, nel Rhode Island, per essere trasferite secondo i trattati di Lend-Lease alla Royal Navy nel 1944. Ricevettero il nome di colonie minori britanniche dato che i nomi di quelle principali erano già stati usati per gli incrociatori classe Crown Colony. (it)
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  • Фрегати типу «Колоні» (uk)
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