HMS Rosebay

History
United States
Name	Splendor
Builder	Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston
Launched	1 February 1943
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	Rosebay
Commissioned	28 July 1943
Identification	Pennant number: K286
Fate	Returned to US Navy custody 20 March 1946, sold commercial, scrapped 1954
General characteristics
Class and type	Action-class patrol boat
Displacement	1,375 long tons (1,397 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	14 ft 7 in (4.45 m)
Propulsion	two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Canadian Vickers engine, one shaft.
Speed	16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	2 × 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts 2 × 20 mm gun mounts 1 × Hedgehog 4 × depth charge guns 2 × depth charge chutes

HMS Rosebay (previously known as Splendor (PG-97)) was a Flower-class corvette built for World War II. She was disposed of soon after the war.

Splendor (PG-97) was launched for the United States Navy on 11 February 1943 by the Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston, Ont., Canada. However, upon completion, Splendor was transferred to the Royal Navy on 28 July 1943 and commissioned as HMS Rosebay. On 20 March 1946 she was returned to the United States Navy. Never commissioned in the United States Navy, Splendor was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 19 November 1946 for disposal.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• NavSource Online: Gunboat Photo Archive - HMS Rosebay (K 286) ex-Splendor (PG 97)

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