HMS Burges (K347)

HMS Burges (K347) was a Captain-class frigate, built in the United States as a Evarts-class destroyer escort, and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II.

She was named after Captain Richard Rundle Burges, commander of HMS Ardent, who was killed at the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.

The name Burges was originally assigned to the Evarts-class destroyer escort, BDE-16, laid down on 14 March 1942.

The new Burges (BDE-12) was laid down on 8 December 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, and launched on 26 January 1943.

Operating as a Royal Navy ship, Burges served in the Atlantic in late 1943 and early 1944.