HMS Whitesand Bay (K633)

Whitesand Bay in 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whitesand Bay
Namesake	Whitesand Bay, Cornwall
Ordered	11 May 1943
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	621
Laid down	8 August 1944
Launched	16 December 1944
Completed	30 July 1945
Commissioned	July 1945
Decommissioned	December 1954
Identification	Pennant number K633/F633
Honours and awards	Korea 1950-53
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1955
Badge	On a Field Blue, a boar's head erased White, tongued Red
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	Frigates: 157 - Despatch vessels: 160 - Survey ships: 133
Sensors and processing systems	Type 285 fire control radar Type 291 air warning radar Type 276 target indication radar High Frequency Direction Finder (HF/DF) IFF transponder
Armament	4 × QF 4 inch Mark XVI guns 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 Whitesand Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for Whitesand Bay in Cornwall. In commission from 1945 to 1954, she served in the Pacific, Mediterranean, West Indies and Far East Fleets, seeing active service in the Korean War.^[1]