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HMS Kilmarnock (BEC 11)
ex-PCE-837


PCE-837 was transferred to Great Britain
PCE-827 Class Patrol Craft Escort:

  • Laid down 24 April 1943 as PCE-837 by the Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL
  • Launched 1 October 1943
  • Transferred to Great Britian and commissioned HMS Kilmarnock (BEC 11) 13 November 1943
  • Reclassified Z-11
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody in December 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposal in November 1946
  • Sold to Greece in 1949 and renamed Arion
  • Wrecked 5 January 1951 off Port Lyautey, Morocco.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 640 t.
  • Length 180' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 8"
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 100
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount, three 40mm mounts, five 20mm mounts, two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectors, and two depth charge hedgehogs
  • Propulsion: Two 900bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Commanding Officers
    01T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Binfield Brown, RNVR13 December 1943 - August 1944
    02T/Lt. Ivo Henry Bargrave-Deane, RNVRAugust 1944
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PCE-837
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    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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