HMS Bayntun

HMS Bayntun (K310) at sea in 1943
History
United States
Name	Bayntun
Namesake	Henry William Bayntun
Awarded	1 November 1941
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	5 April 1942
Launched	27 June 1942
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy, 20 January 1943
United Kingdom
Name	Bayntun
Commissioned	20 January 1943
Decommissioned	14 June 1945
Homeport	Derry, Northern Ireland
Identification	Pennant number: K310
Fate	Returned to USN at Harwich, 22 August 1945
United States
Name	Bayntun
Commissioned	22 August 1945
Decommissioned	19 October 1945
Stricken	1 November 1945
Identification	Hull classification symbol: DE-1
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 17 June 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Captain-class frigate Royal Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort US Navy
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t) (light) 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) (full load)
Length	289 ft 6 in (88.24 m) oa 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) wl
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	4 × GM Model 16-278A diesel engines 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 × electric drive 2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Range	4,150 nmi (4,780 mi; 7,690 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	175
Armament	3 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber MK.22 guns 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × Mk6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk9 depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	44th Escort Group, Western Approaches Command
Victories:	U-757 (1944) U-327, U-989, U-1278 (1945)

USS Bayntun (DE-1) was the first of the American built lend lease Captain-class frigates in the Royal Navy as HMS Bayntun (K310). She was named for Henry William Bayntun.