The Sirius class Destroyer escorts were under construction but taking too long to produce. The answer was to take the Sirius type and dumb it down for faster production times. The new design would be of the Frigate type with no torpedoes. The ships would use recycled weapons, 2 x single 4" on an AA mounting, that would also allow for firing at submarines that may be caught on the surface.. They would look like the Sirius class, same bridge, funnel, aft-bridge, and layout. The same machinery package would be used for the long range the diesels gave the ships. The ships would be shorter and not as broad, They would not require the bigger and heavier dual purpose director.



The class proved very durable and were excellent convoy escorts. The ships were associated with 16 1/2 sub kills. 12 were clean class kills while the other 4 1/2 were made up of bits, where one of the class may have participated in the destruction of a sub with one-two-three other ships. Quite a few of these ships became the Coastal Patrol force after the war, and spent many years trudging round the coast of Antarctica. The rest were sold off or scrapped.

 

Displacement	1,500 tons standard, 1,850 tons full load
Length	300 ft
Breadth	34 ft
Draught	13 ft
Machinery	2 shaft, diesel engines, 20,000 bhp
Speed	26 knots
Range	8,000 miles at 15 knots
Armament	As completed 2 x 4" (2x1) 8 x 40mm (2x4) 1 x Hedgehog
Complement	130
Notes	Peanut Almond Pecan Walnut Brazil Pistachio Macadamia Hazelnut Chestnut Pinenut Pilinut Marcona Kolanut Sabanut Barunut Hickory Sacha Bopple Tigernut Egusi Coconut Sunflower Flaxnut Cocao Mongongo Cedar Bunyanut Pumpkin Acorn Breadnuts Candlenuts Ginkonuts Karukanuts Chianuts Paradise Poppynuts Sesamenuts Hempnuts Watermelon Pomegranate Quinoa Soynuts Lotusnuts Jackfruit Beechnuts Nigellanuts Butternut Caraway

Diesel Engines were known for their frugalness on fuel consumption. A great benefit for escorts.