HMS Cawsand Bay

HMS Cawsand Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for Cawsand Bay in Cornwall.

Cawsand Bay in June 1946
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cawsand Bay
NamesakeCawsand Bay
Ordered25 January 1943
BuilderBlyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland
Laid down24 April 1944
Launched26 February 1945
Commissioned13 November 1945
Decommissioned11 March 1946
IdentificationPennant number K644
FateSold for scrapping, 1959
BadgeOn a Field per fess Gold and Blue an anchor counter charged within a circle composed of in chief four roses Red barbed and seeded proper and in base four bezants Gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeBay-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,600 long tons (1,626 t) standard
  • 2,530 long tons (2,571 t) full
Length
  • 286 ft (87 m) p/p
  • 307 ft 3 in (93.65 m) o/a
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Range724 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement157
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

The ship was originally ordered from the Blyth Shipbuilding Company of Blyth, Northumberland on 25 January 1943 as the Loch-class frigate Loch Rowan, and laid down on 24 April 1944. However the contract was then changed, and the ship was completed to a revised design as a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate, launched on 26 February 1945, and completed on 13 November 1945.[1]

Service history

After sea trials in November and December 1945, Cawsand Bay was attached for service in the Rosyth Local Flotilla, joining in February 1946. However she was almost immediately nominated for reduction to Reserve status, sailing to Portsmouth to decommission on 11 March.[1]

Cawsand Bay remained in Reserve at Portsmouth until 1958 when she placed on the Disposal List. The ship was sold for demolition to an Italian ship-breaker and towed to Genoa, arriving on 5 September 1959.[1]

References

  1. Mason, Geoffrey B. (2003). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Cawsand Bay, frigate". naval-history.net. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.


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