HMS Wigtown Bay (K616)

HMS Wigtown Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named for Wigtown Bay in Galloway.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Wigtown Bay
Ordered: 6 March 1943
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number: 1260
Laid down: 24 October 1944
Launched: 26 April 1945
Completed: 19 January 1946
Commissioned: November 1945
Decommissioned: May 1947
Identification: pennant number K616
Fate: Sold for scrapping, October 1958
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
Armament:
  • 4 × QF 4 inch Mark XVI guns on 2 twin mountings 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

Ordered on 6 March 1943 from the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast as a Loch-class anti-submarine frigate, and assigned the name Loch Garasdale, the ship was laid down on 24 October 1944 (yard number 1260). However, during construction the need for anti-aircraft escorts for service in the Far East, meant that the contract was revised, and she was completed as a Bay-class frigate. The ship was named Wigtown Bay when launched on 26 April 1945 with the pennant number K616.[1]

Service history

1945–1947

Commissioned in November 1945 under the command of Lt-Cdr. D. Carson, Wigtown Bay completed her fitting-out and sea trials on 19 January 1946.[1]

In February she sailed to Malta, joining the 5th Escort Flotilla, and was deployed for patrol duty in the Mediterranean Sea. In May 1946 the flotilla patrolled the eastern Mediterranean to intercept ships carrying illegal immigrants to Palestine.[1]

1947–1958

In April 1947 Wigtown Bay returned to HMNB Devonport, and was decommissioned in May. Laid-up in reserve she was used as an accommodation ship for Reserve Fleet personnel, but was refitted in 1948 and 1951 to ensure that her operational availability was maintained.[1]

In April 1957 the ship was offered for sale to Ceylon, but negotiations failed. Put on the Disposal List in 1958, the ship was sold for scrapping in October 1958, arriving under tow at the breaker's yard at Faslane on 10 April 1959.[1]

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References
  1. Mason, Geoffrey B. (2005). Smith, Gordon (ed.). "HMS Wigtown Bay, frigate". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

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