| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | unnamed (DE-280) |
| Ordered | 25 January 1942[1] |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 9 July 1943[2] |
| Launched | 13 August 1943 |
| Completed | 6 November 1943 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 29 October 1943[3] |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 22 August 1945 |
| Name | USS Kingsmill (DE-280) |
| Namesake | British name retained |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 26 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 16 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold 17 February 1947 for scrapping |
&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Kingsmill (K484) |
| Namesake | Admiral Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet (1730-1805), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Vigilant at the Battle of Ushant in 1778[4] |
| Acquired | 29 October 1943[3] |
| Commissioned | 29 October 1943[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 22 August 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) |
| Length | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 156 |
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| Notes | Pennant number K484 |
HMS Kingsmill (K484) 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-280, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 and then in the U.S. Navy as USS Kingsmill (DE-280) from August to October 1945.
- ^ a b uboat.net HMS Kingsmill (K 484)
- ^ a b The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Kingsmill entry says the ship was transferred on 6 November 1943, but this does not match her commissioning date.
- ^ Captain Class Frigate Association HMS Kingsmill K484 (DE 280)