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HMS Barle (K 298)
ex-PG-103


PG-103 served only in the Royal Navy
British River Class Frigate/Patrol Gunboat:

  • Laid down 29 April 1942 as PG-103 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Canada
  • Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program
  • Launched 26 September 1942
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy 30 April 1943 and commissioned HMS Barle (K 298)
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 27 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in March 1947
  • Scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1370 t.
  • Length 301.25'
  • Beam 36.5'
  • Draft 13'
  • Speed 20 kts.
  • Complement 107
  • Armament: Two 4"/40 mounts, ten 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, and one hedgehog depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Two Admiralty 3-drum express boilers, one 5,500ihp reciprocating vertical triple expansion engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PG-103 55k Original photo: c. 1944
    Replacement photo: HMS Barle (K 298) underway in coastal waters in May, 1944
    Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection Ministry of Defense Foxhill Collections of Ship's Photographs, Photo No. © IWM (FL 1491)    		 Original photo: Robert Hurst
    Replacement photo: Mike Green
    There is no DANFS history currently available for PG-103
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    River Class Frigate General Arrangement
    from the Historic Naval Ships Association website
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