UBS Mayu

HMS Fal in July 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fal
NamesakeRiver Fal
BuilderSmiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK
Laid down20 May 1942
Launched9 November 1942
Commissioned2 July 1943
FateTransferred to Burmese Navy
Myanmar
NameHMBS Mayu (later UBS Mayu, UMS Mayu)
NamesakeMayu River
Acquired25 May 1947
Commissioned25 May 1947
Decommissioned28 September 1979
FateMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,460 long tons (1,483 t) standard
  • 2,170 long tons (2,205 t) full load
Length
  • 283 ft (86 m) p/p
  • 301 ft 3 in (91.82 m) o/a
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught
  • 9 ft (2.7 m)
  • 13 ft (4.0 m) full load
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement177 Officers & enlisted
Armament

UBS Mayu was the first flagship of the Burmese Navy. She was commissioned on 25 May 1947 and saw 32 years of active service during which she participated in many counter-insurgency campaigns, safeguarding Myanmar's territorial waters, and also served as a training ship for the officers and ratings of Myanmar (Burma) Navy. The ship had been built as River-class frigate HMS Fal for the Royal Navy during World War II and was transferred to the Burmese government in 1947 on loan, and permanently in 1948. She was decommissioned in 1979 and was converted to a museum ship.