HMS Morecambe Bay (K624)
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HMS Morecambe Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after Morecambe Bay on the north western coast of England. In commission from 1949 until 1956, she saw active service in the Korean War, and was sold to Portugal in 1961 to serve as NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida until 1970.
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HMS Morecambe Bay as NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Morecambe Bay |
Namesake | Morecambe Bay |
Ordered | 19 January 1943 |
Builder | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Southwick, Sunderland |
Yard number | 266 |
Laid down | 30 April 1944 |
Launched | 1 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 February 1949 |
Decommissioned | 19 November 1956 |
Identification | Pennant number K624 |
Honours and awards | Korea 1950-53 |
Fate | Sold to Portugal, 9 May 1961 |
Badge | On a Field White, White 4 pallets wavy blue, a red rose barbed and seeded proper. |
Portugal | |
Name | NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida |
Namesake | Francisco de Almeida |
Acquired | 3 August 1961 |
Identification | F479 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
General characteristics | |
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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