HMS Stayner

HMS Stayner at anchor on 11 or 12 June 1944.
History
United States
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	22 September 1943[1]
Launched	6 November 1943[1]
Completed	30 December 1943[1]
Identification	Hull number: DE-564
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 30 December 1943[1]
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 24 November 1945[1]
Fate	Sold for scrapping 14 November 1947[1]
United Kingdom
Name	Stayner
Namesake	Sir Richard Stayner[2]
Acquired	30 December 1943[1]
Commissioned	30 December 1943[3]
Decommissioned	1945
Identification	Pennant number: K573
Fate	Returned to United States 24 November 1945[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Captain-class frigate
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 & 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 Stayner 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 1943 to 1945.

The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-564 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 22 September 1943 and launched on 6 November 1943.^[1] She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 30 December 1943.^[1]

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Stayner (K573) on 30 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty.^[1][3] On 5 August 1944, she joined the British destroyer HMS Wensleydale in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-671 in the English Channel south of Brighton, England, at 0200 hours at position 50°23′00″N 000°06′00″E / 50.38333°N 0.10000°E / 50.38333; 0.10000 (U-671 sunk). On 19 September 1944 together with HMS MTB 724, and HMS MTB 728 she engaged Kriegsmarine E-boats, sinking S-183, S-200, and S-702.

The Royal Navy decommissioned Stayner later in 1945 and returned her to the U.S. Navy on 24 November 1945.^[1]

The United States sold Stayner on 14 November 1947 for scrapping.^[1]

• Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DEs for UK
• Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Stayner K573 (DE 564)
• Schnellboot 1939/1940 ships