Carnarvon Bay in September 1945 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Carnarvon Bay |
| Namesake: | Caernarfon Bay |
| Ordered: | 25 January 1943 |
| Builder: | Henry Robb, Leith |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1944 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1945 |
| Completed: | 20 September 1945 |
| Commissioned: | September 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bay-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 |
| Beam: | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range: | 724 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 157 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• Type 285 fire control radar • Type 291 air warning radar • Type 276 target indication radar • High Frequency Direction Finder (HF/DF) • IFF transponder |
| Armament: | • 4 × QF 4 inch Mark XVI guns on 2 twin mounting HA/LA Mk.XIX • 4 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V • 1 × Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector • 2 rails and 4 throwers for 50 depth charges |
HMS Carnarvon Bay (K630) was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. She is named after Caernarfon Bay (at one time anglicised as 'Carnarvon Bay') in Gwynedd, Wales. She was originally ordered as the Loch-class vessel Loch Maddy, but the order was changed in 1944. Built by Henry Robb of Leith, the ship was laid down on 8 June 1944 and launched on 15 March 1945.
After sea trials Carnarvon Bay was assigned to the Rosyth Flotilla, joining in November 1945. Deployed for training duties, she made a single voyage to Oslo in January 1946, and to Scapa Flow in February. In April she sailed to Harwich to be decommissioned. Laid-up in the Reserve Fleet at Harwich, she as used as an accommodation ship for personnel of the Reserve Fleet.[1]
Carnarvon Bay remained at Harwich until the Reserve Fleet was closed down and was then transferred to Chatham. Placed on the Disposal List in 1959 the ship was sold to an Italian ship-breaker and towed to La Spezia where she arrived on 28 August 1959.[1]
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