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]