HMS Tweed (K250)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Tweed
Namesake	River Tweed
Builder	A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow
Laid down	31 December 1941
Launched	24 November 1942
Commissioned	28 April 1943
Fate	Sunk by U-305, 7 January 1944 at 48°18′N 21°19′W
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t); 1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load);
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p; 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a;
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	Parsons single reduction steam turbines, 6,500 ihp (4,800 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Range	440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel; 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	107
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk.XIX guns, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII; up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 150 depth charges;

HMS Tweed (K250) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Tweed was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River-class frigate, though Tweed was one of the few powered by a turbine engine. She served in the North Atlantic during World War II.

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