HMS Louis (K515)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-517) |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 9 July 1943 |
| Completed | 9 November 1943 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 9 November 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom, 20 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold 17 June 1946 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Louis (K515) |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis |
| Acquired | 9 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 9 November 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K515 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 20 March 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Captain-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (standard) |
| Length | 289 ft 5 in (88.2 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.7 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 1 in (3.1 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) electric motors |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 4 diesel engines |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 198 |
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The second HMS Louis (K515) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-517, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.