HMS Carnarvon Bay
1945 Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Carnarvon Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate built for the Royal Navy during World War 2.
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Carnarvon Bay in September 1945 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Carnarvon Bay |
Namesake | Caernarfon Bay |
Ordered | 25 January 1943 |
Builder | Henry Robb, Leith |
Laid down | 8 June 1944 |
Launched | 15 March 1945 |
Completed | 20 September 1945 |
Commissioned | September 1945 |
Decommissioned | May 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number K636 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bay-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 307 ft (94 m) o/a |
Beam | 38 ft 7 in (11.76 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 157 |
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