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British frigate HMS Bigbury Bay (K606) at sea in 1945.
The Bay-class was a class of 32 anti-aircraft frigates built for the Royal Navy under the 1943 War Emergency Programme during World War II (six were completed as despatch vessels or survey ships). They were based on the hulls of the Loch-class ASW frigates.
In 1959 and 1961, four frigates of the class (Bigbury Bay, Burghead Bay, Morecambe Bay and Mounts Bay) were transferred to the Portuguese Navy. In 1966 the Portuguese Navy also bought the survey vessel Dalrymple which served until 1983.
Unit Run[]
Frigates[]
- HMS St Brides Bay (K700)
- HMS Start Bay (K704) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Tien Shan (F-32)
- HMS Tremadoc Bay (K705)
- HMS Bigbury Bay (K706) - Sold to Portugal in 1959, renamed NRP Pacheco Pereira (F337)
- HMS Padstow Bay (K708)
- HMS Herne Bay (K711)
- HMS Hollesley Bay (K714) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Tai Shan (F-39)
- HMS Widemouth Bay (K715) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Yuan Shan (F-33)
- HMS Wigtown Bay (K716)
- HMS Burghead Bay (K722) - Sold to Portugal in 1959, renamed NRP Álvares Cabral (F336)
- HMS Largo Bay (K723) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Wen Shan (F-35)
- HMS Morecambe Bay (K724) - Sold to Portugal in 1961, renamed NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F479)
- HMS Mounts Bay (K727) - Sold to Portugal in 1961, renamed NRP Vasco da Gama (F478)
- HMS Cardigan Bay (K730)
- HMS Carnarvon Bay (K731) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Fu Shan (F-36)
- HMS Whitesand Bay (K733)
- HMS St Austell Bay (K734) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Hua Shan (F-34)
- HMS Luce Bay (K737)
- HMS Pegwell Bay (K738)
- HMS Thurso Bay (K740) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Heng Shan (F-40)
- HMS Gerrans Bay (K746)
- HMS Dundrum Bay (K747) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Lu Shan (F-37)
- HMS Porlock Bay (K750) - Sold to Finland, renamed SLA Matti Kurki
- HMS Veryan Bay (K751) - Sold to ROC, renamed ROCS Shou Shan (F-38)
Despatch Vessels[]
- HMS Alert
- HMS Surprise
Survey Vessels[]
- HMS Dampier
- HMS Dalrymple - sold to Portugal in 1966, renamed NRP Afonso de Albuquerque (A526)
- HMS Cook
- HMS Owen