Allied Warships

HMS St. Austell Bay (K 634)

Frigate of the Bay class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassBay 
PennantK 634 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered2 Feb 1943 
Laid down30 May 1944 
Launched18 Nov 1944 
Commissioned29 May 1945 
End service 
History

Scrapped 4 July 1959.  

Former nameLoch Lydoch

Commands listed for HMS St. Austell Bay (K 634)

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1A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur James Lee, DSC, RNMar 194512 Sep 1946

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Notable events involving St. Austell Bay include:


20 Jun 1945
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with St. Austell Bay (A/Lt.Cdr. A.J. Lee, DSC, RN). (1)

21 Jun 1945
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with St. Austell Bay (A/Lt.Cdr. A.J. Lee, DSC, RN). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20146

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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