USS Peoria, a Tacoma-class frigate, was of a similar design to the River-class frigates.
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,370–1,500 tons
Length:	301 ft (91.7 m)
Beam:	36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 5,500–6,500 hp (4.1–4.8 MW)
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range:	7,200 miles at 12 knots (11,600 km at 22 km/h), 4,500 miles at 20 knots (7,240 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	140–160
Armament:	Two 4 inch (100 mm) guns, ten 20 mm Oerlikon guns, two depth charge rails. Later ships were equipped with Hedgehog depth charge projectors and 40 mm Bofors guns replaced some of the Oerlikons.

The River class frigates were 151 frigates launched in 1941–1944. They were designed for anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection in the Atlantic. They served in the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, United States Navy and Free French Navy in World War II and were sold on to other navies after the war. USS Peoria (PF-67) in June 1945 Downloaded from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... External links PF-1 Tacoma at GlobalSecurity. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... The source for an SVG image of the White Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/White Ensign. ... Oerlikon is a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer made famous by its 20mm cannons in World War II. Copies and derivatives of these designs were used by the Germans, French, British and Japanese weapon manufacturers. ... Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. ... An anti-submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy during World War II, the Hedgehog was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers to supplement the depth charge. ... Bofors is an iron works, cannon maker, and defence industry located in Karlskoga, Sweden. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN} is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

The Rivers were designed by naval engineer William Reed to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the Black Swan-class sloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower-class corvettes. The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. ... USS Constellation, a United States Navy sloop-of-war. ... The Flower class was a class of 267 corvettes developed by the Royal Navy specifically for the protection of shipping convoys during the Second Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. They were a stopgap measure in the war against the German U-boats: small ships that could be... French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. ...

The River-class design was used as the basis for the Tacoma class of the United States Navy. External links PF-1 Tacoma at GlobalSecurity. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

HMS Plym later gained fame when she was destroyed by the United Kingdom's first nuclear weapon in Operation Hurricane in 1952. HMS Plym (K271), was a River-class anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... Operation Hurricane was the test of the first British atomic bomb. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Minor Colony Class were essentially the same design . The Minor Colony Class Frigates are believed to be a variation of the Royal Navy River class frigate with the design modified to facilitate construction in the USA. The most obvious known difference is the substition of 3 inch guns (as per the Captain Class Frigates) for the 4 inch...

Ships

Free French Navy

The Lucifer II (ex-Découverte, ex-HMS Windrush) docked in front of Querqueville (1995)

The Lucifer II (ex-Découverte, ex-HMS Windrush) docked in front of Querqueville (1995)

• Croix de Lorraine (ex-HMS Glenarm)
• L'Aventure (ex-HMS Braid)
• L'Escarmouche (ex-HMS Frome)
• La Découverte (ex-HMS Windrush)
• La Surprise (ex-HMS Torridge)
• Tonkinois (ex-HMS Moyola)

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Royal Australian Navy

• Barcoo
• Barwon
• Burdekin
• Condamine
• Culgoa
• Diamantina
• Gascoyne
• Hawkesbury
• Lachlan
• Macquarie
• Murchison
• Shoalhaven

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN} is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... HMAS Barcoo (K-375/F-375/A-245), named for the Barcoo River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 21 October 1942, launched on 26 August 1943 by Mrs. ... HMAS Burdekin (K-376), named for the Burdekin River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 30 June 1943 by Miss K Collings, daughter of the Minister for the Interior and Leader of the Government in the Senate and... HMAS Condamine (K-698/F-698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by the State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 October 1943, launched on 4 November 1944 and commissioned on 22 February 1946. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Diamantina River in Queensland. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Gascoyne River, the longest river in Western Australia which rises west of the Carnarvon Range and flows to the Indian Ocean. ... HMAS Lachlan (K-364/F-364), named for the Lachlan River in New South Wales, Australia, which rises in the Great Dividing Range near Cullerin and flows into the Murrumbidgee River near Balranald, was a River class frigate laid down by Morts Dock and Engineering Company at Balmain, New South... HMAS Macquarie (K-532/F-532), named for the Macquarie River in New South Wales which is formed by the junction of the Fish and Campbell Rivers and flows into the Macquarie Marshes which drains into the Darling River, was a River class frigate laid down by Morts Dock and...

Royal Canadian Navy

• Annan (K297) (to the United States as Natchez)
• Annan (K404) (ex-HMS Annan)
• Antigonish
• Beacon Hill
• Buckingham
• Cap de la Madeleine
• Cape Breton
• Capilano
• Carlplace
• Charlottetown
• Chebogue
• Coaticook
• Dunver
• Eastview
• Ettrick (ex-HMS Ettrick)
• Fort Erie
• Glace Bay
• Grou
• Hallowell
• Inch Arran
• Joliette
• Jonquiere
• Kirkland Lake
• Kokanee
• La Hulloise
• Lanark
• Lasalle
• Lauzon
• Levis
• Longueuil
• Magog
• Matane
• Meon (ex-HMS Meon)
• Monnow (ex-HMS Monnow)
• Montreal
• Nene (ex-HMS Nene)
• New Glasgow
• New Waterford
• Orkney
• Outremont
• Penetang
• Port Colborne
• Poundmaker
• Prestonian
• Prince Rupert
• Ribble (ex-HMS Ribble)
• Royal Mount
• Runnymede
• Sea Cliff
• Springhill
• St. Catharines
• St. John
• St. Pierre
• St. Stephen
• Ste. Therese
• Stettler
• Stone Town
• Stormont
• Strathadam
• Sussexvale
• Swansea
• Teme (ex-HMS Teme)
• Thetford Mines
• Toronto
• Valleyfield (sunk by U-548 on 7 May 1944)
• Victoriaville
• Waskesiu
• Wentworth

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... HMCS Longueuil K672 was a Canadian River Class frigate commissioned 18 May 1944 at Montréal. ... HMCS Toronto (K538), a River-class frigate, was launched on 18 September 1943 from Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon, Quebec. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Royal Navy

• Adur (to the United States as Asheville)
• Aire
• Annan (to Canada as Annan, later to the United States as Natchez)
• Annan (to Canada as Annan)
• Avon
• Awe
• Ballinderry
• Bann
• Barle
• Braid (to the Free French as L'Aventure)
• Cam
• Chelmer
• Cuckmere (torpedoed by U-233 on 11 December 1943 and never repaired)
• Dart
• Derg
• Deveron
• Dovey
• Ettrick (to Canada as HMCS Ettrick)
• Evenlode
• Exe
• Fal
• Findhorn
• Frome (to the Free French as L'Escarmouche)
• Glenarm (to the Free French as Croix de Lorraine)
• Halladale
• Helford
• Helmsdale
• Inver
• Itchen (sunk by U-666 on 23 September 1943)
• Jed
• Kale
• Lagan (torpedoed by U-270 on 20 September 1943 and never repaired)
• Lochy
• Lossie (to United States as Lossie)
• Meon (to Canada as Meon)
• Monnow (to Canada as HMCS Monnow)
• Mourne (sunk by U-767 on 15 June 1944)
• Moyola (to the Free French as Tonkinois)
• Nadder
• Nene (to Canada as Nene)
• Ness
• Nith
• Odzani
• Parret
• Plym
• Ribble (to the Netherlands as Johan Maurits van Nassau)
• Ribble (to Canada as Ribble)
• Rother
• Shiel
• Spey
• Swale (to South Africa as HMSAS Swale)
• Taff
• Tavy
• Tay
• Tees
• Teme (to Canada as Teme)
• Test
• Teviot (to South Africa as HMSAS Teviot)
• Torridge (to the Free French as La Surprise)
• Towy
• Trent
• Tweed (sunk by U-305 on 7 January 1944)
• Usk
• Waveney
• Wear
• Windrush (to the Free French as La Découverte)
• Wye

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... HMS Plym (K271), was a River-class anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in...

South African Navy

• Swale (ex-HMS Swale)
• Teviot (ex-HMS Teviot)

The South African Navy (SAN), known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot is the navy of South Africa. ...

Royal Netherlands Navy

• Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-HMS Ribble)

Royal Netherlands Navy Jack The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy ) is the navy of the Netherlands. ...

Royal Norwegian Navy

• Valkyrien (ex-Toronto)

The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. ... The KNM Valkyrien, a frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy was purchased from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1956 and was named the KNM Garm until 1965. ... HMCS Toronto (K538), a River-class frigate, was launched on 18 September 1943 from Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon, Quebec. ...

United States Navy

• Asheville (ex-HMS Adur)
• Lossie (ex-Lossie)
• Natchez (ex-HMCS Annan)

The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Rivers sunk or destroyed by U-boats

• HMS Lagan was torpedoed by U-270 on 20 September 1943 and never repaired
• HMS Itchen was sunk by U-666 on 23 September 1943
• HMS Cuckmere was torpedoed by U-233 on 11 December 1943 and never repaired
• HMS Tweed was sunk by U-305 on 7 January 1944
• HMCS Valleyfield was sunk by U-548 on 7 May 1944
• HMS Mourne was sunk by U-767 on 15 June 1944

September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• River-class frigates from uboat.net