Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 1101-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- hms-kilmore-pce841-pkt-1101-packet-md
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships, HMS Kilmore (Z 15) - Kil-class patrol vessel record (builder, dates, commanding officers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6236.html - ship data block and commanding-officers list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: built by Pullman Standard Car Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.); originally designated USS PCE 841 before transfer; laid down 3 June 1943; launched 9 November 1943; commissioned Royal Navy 24 December 1943 as HMS Kilmore, pennant Z 15; returned to the U.S. Navy in December 1946. Commanding officers: T/Lt. Philipp Everett-Price, DSC, RNR (Jan 1944-late 1944); T/Lt. Thomas Friend Bennett-Blacklock, RNVR (late 1944-20 Mar 1945); Lt. Stuart Faithful Fell, RANVR (20 Mar 1945-end of war).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Royal Navy crew, December 1943-December 1946 (complement ~96)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary database (uboat.net), not an official source; compiled from war-diary and convoy records, not independently re-verified. Documents identity, dates, and command history only - no materials or asbestos content. No operational event log was provided for this specific hull on the page fetched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-01
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[3]NavSource Online Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive, PCE 841 / HMS Kilmore (BEC 15) - specifications, building/operational data, commanding officers, disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/12/02841.htm - specifications block, operational data block, commanding officers list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 3 June 1943 as PCE-841 by Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, IL; launched 9 November 1943; transferred to Great Britain and commissioned 24 December 1943 as HMS Kilmore (BEC 15); reclassified Z-15; transferred to the State Department's Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposal November 1946; returned to U.S. Navy custody December 1946; sold to Greece 1947 and renamed Despina; renamed Evangelistria 1969, ultimate fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 640 tons; length 180'6"; beam 33'; draft 9'8"; speed 15 kt; complement 100; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, three 40mm mounts, five 20mm mounts, two depth-charge tracks, four depth-charge projectors, two depth-charge hedgehogs; propulsion two 900 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single-reduction gear, two shafts.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Pullman Standard Car Co. construction trades 1943; Royal Navy crew 1943-1946; Royal Hellenic Navy crew 1947-at least 1969
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation venue (NavSource photo archive); operational data not re-verified against a primary record. Displacement (640 tons) and armament/complement figures conflict with Navypedia's Royal Navy-fit figures (795/903 tons, complement 96, different gun fit) - both carried, conflict noted in gaps. Documents dates, specifications, and disposition only - no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-02
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[4]Navypedia, Kil-class patrol vessels (Royal Navy) - class specifications, armament, and HMS Kilmore entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_o_esc_kil.htm - class specifications block and Kilmore roster line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class specifications for the Kil-class (15 PCE-type hulls transferred under Lend-Lease, initially classed patrol sloops and later reclassified corvettes): standard displacement 795 tons, full 903 tons; length 56.2 m overall; beam 10.1 m; draft 2.74 m; two diesel engines totaling 2,000 hp, two shafts, 15 kt, endurance 8,500 nm at 12 kt, fuel capacity 140 tons diesel oil; armament 1x3"/50, 3x40mm Bofors, 4x20mm Oerlikon, Hedgehog, 4 depth-charge throwers, 2 depth-charge racks; SL radar, QHA sonar; complement 96. Entry confirms HMS Kilmore (Z15, ex-PCE841): laid down June 1943, launched 9 November 1943, completed December 1943, builder Pullman Standard Car, Chicago; returned to the USA December 1946.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Royal Navy crew 1943-1946 (complement ~96)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - confirms a diesel-mechanical plant (not diesel-electric, not steam) with no boilers, meaning this hull's era-standard asbestos profile would be exhaust insulation, gaskets/packing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings rather than boiler/steam-line lagging. Does not document any specific product aboard this hull, does not quantify material, and does not establish any individual's exposure. Displacement and armament figures here (Royal Navy wartime fit) conflict with NavSource's as-designed U.S. figures - both carried, conflict noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-03
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[5]Wikipedia, PCE-842-class patrol craft - Kil-class (PCE-827 sub-class) Royal Navy transfer table [other_primary]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCE-842-class_patrol_craft - Kil-class transfer table, PCE-841/Kilmore row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Tertiary compilation corroborating the core timeline for this hull and placing it in context among its 14 sister transfers: PCE-827 through PCE-841, all built by Pullman Standard Car Co., Chicago, delivered to the Royal Navy on completion as the Kil-class (distinct from the WWI-era Kil-class sloops), and returned to U.S. custody 1946-1949 before mostly being sold to commercial or allied-navy interests. PCE-841/HMS Kilmore listed: commissioned 24 December 1943; disposition 'fate unknown.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- Pullman Standard Car Co. construction trades 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Tertiary, crowd-compiled source; used only to corroborate dates already independently confirmed by NavSource and uboat.net, and for the class-wide transfer context. Does not document materials or asbestos content. Wikipedia's own 'fate unknown' notation is less complete than NavSource's (which adds the 1947 sale to Greece as Despina and 1969 renaming to Evangelistria) - NavSource's fuller account is carried as the primary disposition finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-04
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[6]Negative-result search pass: NHHC DANFS (history.navy.mil) and the Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil) for 'Kilmore', 'PCE-841', and 'PCE 841' [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-hms-kilmore-pce841-06 and sl-hms-kilmore-pce841-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No DANFS entry and no Naval Vessel Register record exist for this hull under any designation (Kilmore, PCE-841). This is an expected absence, not a research gap: DANFS and the NVR document U.S. Navy-commissioned ships, and this hull was transferred to the Royal Navy on completion in 1943 without ever being commissioned USS Kilmore or USS PCE-841 (consistent with the parallel finding for sister hull DE-280/HMS Kingsmill, which was briefly recommissioned USN in 1945 and therefore does carry a DANFS entry, unlike this hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a DANFS/NVR record does not itself prove absence of asbestos aboard during RN or Hellenic Navy service - it reflects the administrative scope of those two registers, not an evidentiary finding about materials. Direct fetches of history.navy.mil pages returned a TLS certificate error from this research environment on every attempt (standing access issue, not a 404); web-search cross-checks (site:history.navy.mil queries) independently corroborate that no page exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-05
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[7]Batch-9611 search ledger (this record): uboat.net Kil-class technical and ship pages; NavSource PCE photo archive; Navypedia UK Kil-class page; Wikipedia PCE-842-class article; NHHC DANFS and NVR negative-result checks; general web search for Greek Navy Despina/Evangelistria disposition; general web search for asbestos/litigation under every designation; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries via cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-hms-kilmore-pce841-01 through sl-hms-kilmore-pce841-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull under any designation (HMS Kilmore, PCE-841, Despina, Evangelistria): no ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying litigation. No law-firm or mesothelioma-marketing boilerplate page for this hull was found either (unlike several sister Kil-class/Evarts-class hulls in this dataset), so there was no non-authoritative content to exclude.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard during 1943-at least-1969 service - era materials aboard a 1943-built diesel-mechanical escort are plausible but ship-unproven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener sweep status: see gaps for completion status as of last_researched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-hms-kilmore-pce841-06