HMS Cardigan Bay
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For the ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, see RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009).
HMS Cardigan Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after Cardigan Bay, off the coast of Ceredigion, Wales.
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Cardigan Bay in June 1945 | |
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Name | HMS Cardigan Bay |
Namesake | Cardigan Bay |
Builder | Henry Robb |
Yard number | 348 |
Laid down | 14 April 1944 |
Launched | 28 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | April 1961 |
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Honours and awards | Korea 1950–53 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1962 |
Badge | On a Field, Barry wavy of 10 White and Blue, a demi-dragon erased rampant red, armed and with pointed tongue Blue. |
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Class and type | Bay-class frigate |
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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 |
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The ship was originally ordered from Henry Robb of Leith in 1943 as the Loch-class frigate Loch Laxford, and laid down on 14 April 1944 as Admiralty Job No. J11861. However the contract was then changed, and the ship was revised as a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate, and launched on 28 December 1944 as Cardigan Bay, the first Royal Navy ship to carry the name. She was completed on 15 June 1945.[1]