HMS Cooke
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Dempsey (DE-267) |
| Namesake | U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade Richard John Dempsey (1919-1942), killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser USS Vincennes (CA-44) when she was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island |
| Ordered | 25 January 1942 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 11 March 1943 |
| Launched | 22 April 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. J. A. Dempsey |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 August 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 5 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold 3 or 10 June 1947 for scrapping |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cooke |
| Namesake | Captain John Cooke (c. 1762-1805), British naval officer killed in action as commanding officer of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 |
| Acquired | 23 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1943 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 5 March 1946 |
| 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 K471 |
HMS Cooke (K471) 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 USS Dempsey (DE-267), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.