HMS Drury

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|Ship renamed=*Planned as HMS ''Cockburn''

*Renamed HMS ''Drury'' before launching

*Renamed HMS ''Drury'' before launching

|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]] K316

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|Ship struck=16 November 1945

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'''HMS ''Drury''''' was a {{sclass2|Captain|frigate}}, originally commissioned to be built for the [[United States Navy]] as an {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}}. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] under the terms of [[Lend-Lease]], and saw service during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Drury'', after Captain [[Thomas Drury (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Drury]], commander of {{HMS|Alfred|1778|6}} in the [[West Indies]] in 1795.

'''HMS ''Drury''''' was a {{sclass2|Captain|frigate}}, originally commissioned to be built for the [[United States Navy]] as an {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}}. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] under the terms of [[Lend-Lease]], and saw service during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Drury'', after Captain [[Thomas Drury (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Drury]], commander of {{HMS|Alfred|1778|6}} in the [[West Indies]] in 1795.<ref>Colledge, Warlow & Bush, p. 124</ref>

==Wartime career==

==Description==

The ''Evarts''-class ships had an [[Length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|289|ft|5|in|m|1}}, a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|35|ft|2|in|m|1}}, and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|10|ft|1|in|m|1}} at [[full load]]. They displaced {{convert|1190|LT|t|lk=on}} at ([[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]]) and {{convert|1416|LT|t}} at full load.<ref name=w2>Whitley, p. 152</ref> The ships had a [[diesel–electric powertrain]] derived from a submarine propulsion system<ref>Friedman, p. 143</ref> with four [[General Motors]] 16-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s providing power to four [[General Electric]] [[electric generator]]s which sent electricity to four {{convert|1500|shp|adj=on|lk=on}} General Electric [[electric motor]]s which drove the two [[propeller shaft]]s. The destroyer escorts had enough power give them a speed of {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}} and enough [[fuel oil]] to give them a range of {{convert|6000|nmi|lk=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 198 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=l1>Lenton, pp. 199–200</ref>

She was originally to have been named HMS ''Cockburn'', but the name was changed to HMS ''Drury'' prior to her launch on 24 July 1942 by the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 12 April 1943 and spent her wartime career on anti-submarine patrols and as a convoy escort. On 21 April 1945 ''Drury'', ''Bazely'' and {{HMS|Bentinck|K314|6}} sank {{GS|U-636||2}} west of [[Ireland]].

The armament of the ''Evarts''-class ships in British service consisted of three single mounts for 50-[[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on}}/50 Mk 22]] [[dual-purpose gun]]s; one [[superfiring]] pair forward of the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]] and the third gun aft of the [[superstructure]]. [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft defence]] was intended to consisted of a twin-gun mount for [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|{{convert|40|mm|adj=on}} Bofors]] [[anti-aircraft gun|anti-aircraft (AA) guns]] atop the rear superstructure with nine [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{convert|20|mm|1|adj=on}} Oerlikon]] AA guns located on the superstructure, but production shortages meant that that not all guns were fitted, or that additional Oerlikons replaced the Bofors guns. A Mark 10 [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar]] was positioned just behind the forward gun. The ships were also equipped with two [[depth charge]] rails at the [[stern]] and four "K-gun" depth charge throwers.<ref>Friedman, p. 478</ref>

==Post-War return to the United States==

''Drury'' was transferred back to the US Navy on 20 August 1945 at [[Chatham, England]]. She was commissioned the same day. She departed Chatham on 28 August, joined [[Task Group]] 21.3 off [[Dover, England|Dover]], and the following day sailed for the States. ''Drury'' arrived at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], on 8 September and remained there at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] where she was decommissioned on 22 October 1945. She was scrapped in June 1946.

==Construction and career==

She was originally to have been named HMS ''Cockburn'', but the name was changed to HMS ''Drury'' prior to her launch on 24 July 1942 by the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 12 April 1943 and spent her wartime career on anti-submarine patrols and as a convoy escort. On 21 April 1945 ''Drury'', ''Bazely'' and {{HMS|Bentinck|K314|6}} sank {{GS|U-636||2}} west of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=HMS Drury (K 316) of the Royal Navy - British Frigate of the Captain class|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5480.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>

''Drury'' was transferred back to the US Navy on 20 August 1945 at [[Chatham, England]]. She was commissioned the same day. She departed Chatham on 28 August, joined [[Task Group]] 21.3 off [[Dover, England|Dover]], and the following day sailed for the States. ''Drury'' arrived at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], on 8 September and remained there at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] where she was decommissioned on 22 October 1945. She was scrapped in June 1946.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drury |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/drury.html |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>

==Citations==

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==References==

==References==

*{{cite book |last1=Colledge |first1=J. J. |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-5267-9327-0 |edition=5th revised and updated|first2=Ben|last2=Warlow|first3=Steve|last3=Bush|name-list-style=amp}}

:{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/drury.html}}

* {{Cite book |last=Friedman |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Friedman |title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History |year=2005 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |edition=Revised |isbn=1-55750-442-3}}

* {{Cite Colledge2006}}

* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War |publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1998 |isbn=1-55750-048-7 |author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton}}

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5480.html Drury at Uboat.net]

* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two |publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=2005 |edition=Third Revised |isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}

* [http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ships/K316.html Drury at Captain class frigate association]

*{{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia |year=2000| publisher=Cassell & Co.|isbn=1-85409-521-8|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ships/K316.html Drury at Captain class frigate association]

*{{navsource|06/046|Drury}}

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