HMS Hotham (K583)

	HMS Hotham in February 1944, photographed by an aircraft operating from Royal Naval Air Station HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland.
History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-574)
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	5 November 1943
Renamed	USS Hotham (DE-574) 1943
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Launched	21 December 1943
Completed	8 February 1944
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 8 February 1944
Acquired	Nominally returned by United Kingdom 25 April 1952 under Lend-Lease
Fate	Transferred back to United Kingdom 25 April 1952 under Mutual Defense Assistance Program
Acquired	Returned to U.S. custody 13 March 1956
Fate	Sold 1 November 1956 for scrapping
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hotham (K583)
Namesake	Sir William Hotham
Acquired	8 February 1944
Commissioned	8 February 1944
Identification	Pennant number K583
Fate	Nominally returned to United States 25 April 1952 under Lend-Lease
Acquired	Transferred back from United States 25 April 1952 under Mutual Defense Assistance Program
Fate	Returned to U.S. custody 13 March 1956
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.75 ft (11.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers; GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW); Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); Two shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors and ; processing systems	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding antenna; HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I; 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar; depth charges; QF 2-pounder naval gun;

HMS Hotham (K583) was a Captain-class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally intended for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1944, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and was in commission from 1944 to 1956, including service during World War II.

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