HMS Alert (K647)

Four Allied ships operating off Korea circa. 1951–1953 (l-r); HMAS Sydney, RFA Wave Premier, USS Nicholas and Alert.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Alert
Builder	Blyth Dry Dock Company, Blyth, Northumberland
Laid down	28 July 1944
Launched	10 July 1945
Completed	24 October 1946
Commissioned	October 1946
Decommissioned	May 1964
Identification	Pennant number K647
Honours and awards	Korea 1951
Fate	Sold for scrap, October 1971
Badge	On a Field Gold, on a mount Green a stag at gaze Proper.
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	160
Armament	2 × QF 4 inch Mark XVI guns on twin mounting HA/LA Mk.XIX 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V 1 × Hedgehog 24 barrel anti-submarine mortar 2 rails and 4 throwers for 50 depth charges

HMS Alert a Bay-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was originally laid down as the Loch-class vessel Loch Scamdale, and re-ordered as Dundrum Bay while building. She was completed as Alert, an Admiralty Yacht for command and gunboat diplomacy duties in the Mediterranean and Far Eastern stations.^[1]

Alert was sold to be broken up for scrap in October 1971.^[2]