HMS Anguilla (K500) [SEP] vessel class
HMS Anguilla
HMS "Anguilla" (K500) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom in commission from 1943 to 1946 that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the "Tacoma"-class patrol frigate USS "Hallowell" (PF-72), later renamed USS "Machias" (PF-72), and was transferred prior to completion.
Construction and acquisition.
The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-180, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission
Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 15 October 1943, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS "Anguilla" (K500) on patrol and escort duty until 1946. On 29 April 1945, while escorting Convoy RA-66 outbound from the Soviet port of Murmansk, she joined the frigates and in sinking the German submarine "U-286" in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk at . The following day, "Anguilla" was forced to sink with gunfire the British frigate , which "U-286" had heavily