HMS Start Bay (K604)
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HMS Start Bay (K604/F604) was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for Start Bay in Devon. In commission from 1945 to 1946 in the Mediterranean Fleet, she spent most of her career in the Reserve Fleet.[2]
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Name | HMS Start Bay (K604/F604) |
Namesake | Start Bay |
Ordered | 6 March 1943 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1252[1] |
Laid down | 31 August 1944 |
Launched | 15 February 1945 |
Completed | 6 September 1945[1] |
Decommissioned | November 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1958 |
Badge | On a Field Gold, in base barry wavy of four Blue and white, three piles conjoined in base Red. |
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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 | Frigates: 157 - Despatch vessels: 160 - Survey ships: 133 |
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