HMS Caicos

	HMS Caicos on 27 March 1945.
History
United States
Name	USS Hannam
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	23 April 1943
Renamed	Caicos, 1943
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 31 December 1943
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Caicos
Namesake	The Caicos Islands
Acquired	31 December 1943
Commissioned	31 December 1943 or 2 January 1944
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Returned to United States 12 December 1945
History
United States
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 12 December 1945
Fate	Resold to Argentina 6 July 1947
Argentina
Name	ARA Trinidad
Namesake	Santísima Trinidad.
Acquired	6 July 1947
Commissioned	1948
Renamed	ARA Santísima Trinidad (3 October 1950); Comodoro Augusto Laserre (1963);
Stricken	20 February 1969
Honours and; awards	Battle honor, 8 December 1960
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1971
General characteristics
Class & type	Colony-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 tons standard; 2,415 tons deep load;
Length	285.5 ft (87.0 m) (waterline); 304.0 ft (92.7 m) (overall);
Beam	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught	13.75 ft (4.19 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion, 2 × 3-drum type boilers, 2 shafts5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20.3 knots (37.6 km/h) (on first trials),; 19 knots (35 km/h) (by 1963);
Range	7,800 nmi (14,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h); 700 tons oil;
Complement	175 as frigate; 100 as survey vessel;
Armament	2 × 105 mm (4.1 inch) L45 Bofors DP guns,; 8 × 40 mm AA guns (2×2, 4×1),; 1 × Hedgehog,; 6 × Depth charge throwers, 2 Tracks;

HMS Caicos was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She was originally ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hannam and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion. It was named after the Caicos Islands.

After her return to U.S. Navy custody, she was sold to Argentina and served in the Argentine Navy (Armada de la Republica Argentina) as a frigate under the names ARA Trinidad (P-34) and ARA Santísima Trinidad (P-34) from 1948 to 1962. After a refit she then served as a survey ship as ARA Augusto Lasserre (Q-9) from 1963 to 1969.