Colony-class frigate

	HMS Dominica in February 1944
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy; Argentine Navy;
Built	1943–1945
In commission	1943–1946 (Royal Navy); 1947–1969 (Argentine Navy);
Completed	21
Retired	21
General characteristics
Type	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 each; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3 inch/50 AA guns(3 × 1); 4 × 40 mm guns (2 × 2); 9 × 20 mm (9 × 1); 1 × Hedgehog projector; 8 × Y gun depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge racks;

The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by the Walsh-Kaiser Company of Providence, Rhode Island, for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944. Each was named after a relatively minor Crown colony or other constituent territory of the British Commonwealth and Empire. Names of large British colonies had been used for the Crown Colony-class cruisers.

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