HMS Anguilla

HMS Anguilla in 1944.
History
United States
Name	USS Hallowell (PG-180)
Namesake	Hallowell, Maine[1]
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	1 April 1943
Reclassified	Patrol frigate, PF-72, 15 April 1943
Renamed	Machias, 5 May 1943
Namesake	Machias, Maine[1]
Renamed	Anguilla, 10 June 1943
Namesake	Anguilla
Launched	14 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. John S. MacDonald
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom, 15 October 1943
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 31 May 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 13 June 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Anguilla (K500)
Namesake	Anguilla
Acquired	15 October 1943
Commissioned	15 October 1943[2]
Decommissioned	1946
Fate	Returned to United States, 31 May 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	3 × boilers 2 × turbines, 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) each 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × single 3 inch/50 AA guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 9 × single 20 mm 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge racks

HMS Anguilla (K500) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom in commission from 1943 to 1946 that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hallowell (PF-72), later renamed USS Machias (PF-72), and was transferred prior to completion.