BAY Class Anti-Aircraft Frigate initially ordered on 25th January 1943
for build as a LOCH
Class Anti-submarine Frigate, but for which
the ordered was changed in 1944.
Originally to have been named LOCH
FOIN she was laid down on 8th February 1944
and launched as PADSTOW BAY
by Pickersgill at
Sunderland
on 3rd October 1944.
First RN ship to carry this name she was
completed on 26th January 1946.
Geographic
Location
Grid
Reference: NO4201.
Bay 3 miles East
of Leven on north
Shore
of Firth of Forth.
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Badge: On
a Field barry
wavy of eight White and Blue a
branch
of
oak tree Green fructed
Gold.
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January
Nominated for service in Mediterranean on
completion of trials.
Contractors trials
26th
Build completion and commenced Acceptance
Trials
On completion of storing and trials took
passage to Portland for weapon calibration and
work-up for foreign service.
February
Deployed at Portland
16th
Passage to Gibraltar
19th
Embarked military personnel for passage to
Malta
23rd
Arrived at Malta and joined Escort Flotilla.
Nominated for Palestine Patrol duties in
eastern Mediterranean.
(Note: RN ships were required to intercept
mercantiles on passage to Palestine which were
reported to
be
carrying illegal immigrants. For details See
Naval Staff History published in 2002.)
Passage to Alexandria
March
Deployed for patrol.
3rd
At Alexandria.
14th
Arrived in Malta on relief from patrol.
April
Deployed in Malta for Flotilla duties.
May
14th
Sailed for patrol from Malta.
19th
At Piraeus.
June
Passage to Malta.
3rd
Arrived in Malta
Deployed for local duties with Flotilla in
Malta.
July
Malta deployment in continuation.
Nominated to return to UK to Pay-off and
reduce to Reserve status.
August
6th
Took passage from Malta to return to UK.
10th
At Gibraltar
15th
Arrived at Portsmouth
Paid-off and destored.
September
Reduced to Reserve for lay-up at Portsmouth in
Reserve Fleet.
F i n a
l
P h a s e
HMS LARGO BAY remained in the Reserve Fleet until 1958
when placed on the Disposal List. The ship was
sold to BISCO for demolition by
TW Ward and towed to the breaker’s yard at
Inverkeithing where she arrived on 11th July
1959.
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