Allied Warships

HMS Burghead Bay (K 622)

Frigate of the Bay class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassBay 
PennantK 622 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Robey 
Ordered27 Dec 1943 
Laid down21 Sep 1944 
Launched3 Mar 1945 
Commissioned20 Sep 1945 
End service 
History

Sold to Portugese Navy 11 May 1959.
Renamed Alvares Cabral.  

Former nameLoch Harport

Commands listed for HMS Burghead Bay (K 622)

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1Lt.Cdr. Gerald Peter Shiers Lowe, DSC, RNVR1 Jun 194526 Feb 1946

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