| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 504 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 11 May 1943 |
| Launched | 27 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 Dec 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 15 April 1946. |
| Former name | USS Halstead PF-76 |
Commands listed for HMS Barbados (K 504)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Eric George Donald, RNVR | 18 Dec 1943 | 24 Jul 1945 |
| 2 | Lt. Arthur Horace Kent, DSC, RD, RNR | 24 Jul 1945 | 15 Apr 1946 |
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Notable events involving Barbados include:
1 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Celandine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.C. Hayes, RNVR) and HMS Barbados (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20257
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.