HMS Torrington (K577)

	HMS Torrington off Dunoon, Scotland, in February 1944.
History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-568)
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	22 September 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Completed	18 January 1944
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 18 January 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 11 June 1946
Stricken	15 October 1946
Fate	Sold 26 September 1947 for scrapping
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Torrington (K577)
Namesake	Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), commander of the British fleet at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718
Acquired	18 January 1944
Commissioned	18 January 1944
Fate	Returned to United States 11 June 1946
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;
Notes	Pennant number K562

The fourth HMS Torrington (K577) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1946.

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