For other ships with the same name, see USS Trumpeter.
HMS Kempthorne as seen from the damaged HMS Nabob
History
United States
Name
USS Trumpeter
Ordered
18 January 1942
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
5 June 1943
Launched
17 July 1943
Commissioned
20 August 1945
Decommissioned
17 October 1945
Fate
Sold May 1946 broken up for scrap
United Kingdom
Name
HMS Kempthorne
Namesake
John Kempthorne
Commissioned
31 October 1943
Decommissioned
20 August 1945
Honours and awards
Atlantic 1944-45
Fate
Returned to the US Navy
General characteristics
Class and type
Captain-class frigate
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)
Propulsion
Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines
GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW)
GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Two shafts
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h)
Range
5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement
156
Sensors and processing systems
SA & SL type radars
Type 144 series Asdic
MF Direction Finding antenna
HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Armament
3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 Mk.22 guns
1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I
7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar
Depth charges
QF 2-pounder naval gun
HMS Kempthorne (K483) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy and named after Captain (later Admiral Sir) John Kempthorne of HMS Mary Rose in 1669.[1]
^Ships of the 18th Century Royal Navy-M Archived 9 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine"Phillips, Michael; A history of the ships of the 18th century Royal Navy"
HMSKempthorne (K483) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy and named after Captain (later Admiral Sir) John Kempthorne of HMS Mary Rose in 1669...
ships in the flotilla, which included HMS Bickerton and HMSKempthorne, returned to pick up the survivors. "HMS Mourne (K 261) of the Royal Navy - British...
1943: HMS Keats shared credit for sinking U-1172 & U-285 1943: HMSKempthorne Battle of the Atlantic 1943: HMS Kingsmill Normandy Invasion 1943: HMS Lawford...
was commanded by John Kempthorne and is best known for the Battle of Cádiz in 1669. She was captured by the French in 1691. HMS Mary Rose was a 4-gun...
escort transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend Lease and renamed HMSKempthorne as part of the Captain-class frigates. The ship served from 1943 to...
consort the 40-gun frigate Sibylle. At 2:24 p.m. London, Captain James Kempthorne, had succeeded in coming within range of Scipion, Captain Nicolas Henri...
database, which can be viewed by clicking the number. "Interior Secretary Kempthorne Designates 12 National Historic Landmarks in 10 States" (Press release)...
Gregory 1703–1714 George St Lo 1714–1722 James Lyttleton 1722–1736 Thomas Kempthorne 1736–1742 Thomas Mathews 1742–1754 Charles Brown 1754–1755 Arthur Scott...
Parliament for Portsmouth 1661–1679 With: Richard Norton Succeeded by Sir John Kempthorne George Legge Political offices Preceded by Sir William Russell, Bt Treasurer...
the west with his flotilla, but leaving the flotillas of Ossorey and Kempthorne behind with that of de Grancey in a slower turn in the same direction...
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