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HMS ''Lowestoft'' was a sloop of the Royal Navy. Built at Devonport Dockyard in the 1930s, ''Lowestoft'' was launched in 1934 and commissioned later that year. She served on the China Station, based at Hong Kong until the outbreak of the Second World War. ''Lowestoft'' served as a convoy escort during the war, both in the North Atlantic and off the west coast of Africa. ==Construction and design== On 1 May 1933, the British Admiralty ordered two s, ''Lowestoft'' and to be built at Devonport Naval Dockyard as part of the 1932 construction programme. Two ''Grimsby''-class sloops had been ordered as part of the previous year's pattern, and two more would be ordered in both 1934 and 1935, giving a total of eight ''Grimsby''-class ships built for the Royal Navy. Four more were built for Australia and one for India.〔 The ''Grimsby'' class, while based on the previous , was intended to be a more capable escort vessel than previous sloops, and carried a more powerful armament. ''Lowestoft'' was long overall, with a beam of and a draught of at deep load. Displacement was standard, and full load.〔 The ship was powered by two geared steam turbines driving two shafts, fed by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers. This machinery produced and could propel the ship to a speed of . The ship had a range of at .〔 Two 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns were mounted fore and aft on the ship's centreline. As the 4.7 inch guns were low-angle guns, not suited to anti aircraft use, a single QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun was mounted in "B" position. Four 3-pounder saluting guns and eight machine guns completed the ship's gun armament.〔 The initial anti-submarine armament was small, with a design loadout of four depth charges.〔 The ship could be fitted for minesweeping or minelaying (for which the aft 4.7 inch gun was removed, allowing 40 mines to be loaded) as well as escort duties.〔 The ship had a crew of 103 officers and men.〔 ''Lowestoft'' was laid down on 21 August 1933 and was launched on 11 April 1934.〔 She was formally commissioned on 20 November 1934, completing construction on 22 November. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Lowestoft (U59)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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