HMS Tay (K232)

HMS Tay in August 1942
Career (United Kingdom)
Namesake: river Tay
Builder: Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees
Laid down: 10 September 1941
Launched: 18 March 1942
Commissioned: 5 August 1942
Fate: Scrapped on 28 September 1956
General characteristics
Class and type:River class frigate
Displacement:1,370 long tons (1,390 t)
1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load)
Length:283 ft (86.26 m) p/p
301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam:36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught:9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion:2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp
Speed:20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Range:440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel; 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement:107
Armament:
  • 2 x QF 4 in (102 mm) /40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII
  • up to 10 x QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III
  • 1 x Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector
  • up to 150 depth charges

HMS Tay (K232) was a River class frigate of the Royal Navy. Tay was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River class frigate.

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