- Construction and acquisition
- Service history
- Disposal
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United States | 1947}} | Ship name= Holmes | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = A British name assigned in anticipation of delivery of the ship to the United Kingdom | Ship reclassified = Patrol frigate, PF-81, 15 April 1943
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island | Ship laid down = 17 August 1943[1]
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship renamed = Hong Kong, 1943
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship namesake = Hong Kong
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship renamed = Tobago, 1943
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship namesake = Tobago
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship launched = 27 September 1943 | Ship sponsor=Mrs. D. W. Ambridge | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship commissioned=never | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship identification=PG-189 | Ship fate= Transferred to the United Kingdom, 12 August 1944
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=yes | Ship acquired= Returned by United Kingdom 13 May 1946 | Ship fate=*Sold for scrapping- Scrapping canceled
- Resold 1950 for use as civilian passenger ship
- Sunk as block ship 1956
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United Kingdom | United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name= HMS Tobago | Ship namesake=Tobago | Ship acquired= 12 August 1944 | Ship commissioned=12 August 1944 | Ship decommissioned=1945[2] | Ship maiden voyage | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship registry= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship identification=K585 | Ship fate= Returned to United States, 13 May 1946
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- 9 × single 20 mm
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- 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge racks
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}} | The fourth HMS Tobago (K585), ex-Hong Kong, was a {{sclass2-|Colony|frigate}} of the United Kingdom which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Holmes (PF-81) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion. Construction and acquisitionThe ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-189, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as the first USS Holmes. She was reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-81, on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 17 August 1943.[1] Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom, the ship was first renamed Hong Kong and then Tobago by the British prior to launching and was launched on 27 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. D. W. Ambridge of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Service historyTransferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 12 August 1944, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS Tobago (K585) on patrol and escort duty until 1945.[2] DisposalThe United Kingdom returned Tobago to the U.S. Navy on 13 May 1946. She subsequently was sold to the Boston Metals Company of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping, but her scrapping was cancelled and in 1950 she was resold to Khedivial Mail Lines of Alexandria, Egypt, for use as a civilian passenger vessel. She was sunk as a blockship in the Suez Canal in 1956. References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h7/holmes-i.htm}}
- NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive: HMS Tobago (K 585) ex-Hong Kong ex-Holmes ex-PF-81 ex-PG-189
1. ^1 uboat.net HMS Tobago (K 585)
2. ^1 According to uboat.net HMS Tobago (K 585), Tobago' is not listed as an active unit on the October 1945 Navy List, strongly implying that the Royal Navy decommissioned her sometime earlier that year.
External links - Photo gallery of USS Holmes and HMS Tobago
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