HMS Widemouth Bay
Ship Number
1259
Vessel Type
Bay' Class Frigate
Built
Belfast
Yard
Musgrave Yard
Slip Number
15
Launch Date
October 19, 1944
Launched By
Mrs R Lee Annear
Delivered
April 13, 1945
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
1600 grt
BP Length
286 feet
Breadth
38-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
19.5 knots
Propulsion
2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
HMS Widemouth Bay

Pennant No. K615 (Later F605)
 
LOCH Class Anti-Submarine Frigate ordered from Harland and Wolff at Belfast on 2nd February 1943 and laid down on 26th April 1944 at Belfast as Admiralty Job Number J3917 .She was to be named HMS Loch Frisa, but after a policy change to meet the need for anti-aircraft escorts for service in the Far East the contract was changed. The ship was completed to a revision design and she was renamed as HMS Widemouth Bay on 5th October 1944 when launched on 19th October that year as the first Royal Navy ship to carry this name.
 
September 1953 Paid-off at Chatham and reduced to Reserve status.
  
HMS Widemouth Bay remained at Chatham in Reserve and was placed on the Disposal List in 1957 as a part of the Defence Review.  She was sold to BISCO for breaking up by Bolcow and arrived in tow at the breaker’s yard in Blyth on 23 Nov 1957.