HMS Widemouth Bay (K615)

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Widemouth Bay
Namesake	Widemouth Bay
Builder	Harland & Wolff
Yard number	1259
Laid down	24 April 1944
Launched	19 October 1944
Commissioned	13 April 1945
Decommissioned	July 1949
Recommissioned	June 1951
Decommissioned	September 1953
Identification	Pennant number K615
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1957.
Badge	On a Field barry wavy of six White and Blue Talbot's head erased Black, collared Blue.
General characteristics
Class and type	Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate
Displacement	1,600 tons standard, 2,530 tons 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)
Range	724 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	157
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mark XVI 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 Widemouth Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy, named for Widemouth Bay in Cornwall.

The ship was ordered from Harland and Wolff at Belfast on 2 February 1943 as a Loch-class frigate to be named Loch Frisa and laid down on 26 April 1944 as Admiralty Job Number J3917. During construction the contract was changed, and the ship was completed as a Bay-class frigate and named Widemouth Bay on 5 October 1944. Launched on 19 October, she was completed on 13 April 1945, the first of her class to be completed.^[1]

Service history

After sea trials and training Widemouth Bay sailed in July 1945. She arrived at the Forward Base of the British Pacific Fleet at Manus, Admiralty Islands, in August, just after the Japanese surrender. She remained on the Far East Station, based at Hong Kong, for the next year and a half, supporting post-war repatriation operations, carrying out patrols and escort duties.^[1]

In March 1947, along with her sister ships Bigbury Bay, Veryan Bay and Whitesand Bay, she was transferred to Mediterranean Fleet, to reinforce the Palestine Patrol. In September 1948 Widemouth Bay returned to the UK, and was assigned to the Fishery Protection Patrol, operating in the waters around the UK. From January to July 1949, her commanding officer was Anthony Thorold. In July 1949, when she was decommissioned and laid up in Reserve at Sheerness.^[1]

Widemouth Bay was recommissioned in June 1951 for service in 4th Training Flotilla of the Home Fleet, based at Rosyth, also acting as an escort ship, and taking part in the Coronation Naval Review at Spithead in June 1953.^[2] The ship was decommissioned again in September 1953 and put into Reserve at Chatham.^[1]

Widemouth Bay was placed on the Disposal List in 1957, and sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO) for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow. She arrived in tow at the breaker's yard in Blyth on 23 November 1957.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mason, Geoffrey B. (1998). Smith, Gordon (ed.). "HMS Widemouth Bay, frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden

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.

Bay-class frigates

Royal Navy

Frigates	Bigbury Bay (ex-Loch Carloway) Burghead Bay (ex-Loch Harport) Cardigan Bay (ex-Loch Laxford) Carnarvon Bay (ex-Loch Maddy) Cawsand Bay (ex-Loch Roan) Enard Bay (ex-Loch Brachdale) Hollesley Bay (ex-Loch Fannich) Largo Bay (ex-Loch Foin) Morecambe Bay (ex-Loch Heilen) Mounts Bay (ex-Loch Kilbernie) Padstow Bay (ex-Loch Coulside) Porlock Bay (ex-Loch Seaforth, ex-Loch Muick (K650)) St Austell Bay (ex-Loch Lyddoch) St Brides Bay (ex-Loch Achility) Start Bay (ex-Loch Arklet) Tremadoc Bay (ex-Loch Amish) Veryan Bay (ex-Loch Swannay) Whitesand Bay (ex-Loch Lubnaig) Widemouth Bay (ex-Loch Frisa) Wigtown Bay (ex-Loch Garasdale)
Admiralty yachts	Dundrum Bay / Alert (ex-Loch Scamdale) Gerrans Bay / Surprise (ex-Loch Carron)
Survey vessels	Pegwell Bay / Cook (ex-Loch Mochrum) Luce Bay / Dalrymple (ex-Loch Glass) Herne Bay / Dampier (ex-Loch Eil) Thurso Bay / Owen (ex-Loch Muick (K640))

Finnish Navy

Matti Kurki (ex-Porlock Bay)

Portuguese Navy

Álvares Cabral (ex-Burghead Bay)
Pacheco Pereira (ex-Bigbury Bay)
Vasco da Gama (ex-Mounts Bay)
Dom Francisco de Almeida (ex-Morecambe Bay)
Afonso de Albuquerque (ex-Dalrymple)

Preceded by: Loch class
Followed by: Type 15 frigates

List of frigates of the Royal Navy

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