HMS Whitesand Bay
Ship Number
1261
Vessel Type
Bay' Class Frigate
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
December 16, 1944
Launched By
Miss Anne Wright
Delivered
July 30, 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 Whitesand Bay

Pennant No. K633 (Later F633)
 
LOCH Class Anti-Submarine Frigate ordered from Harland and Wolff at Belfast on 11th May 1943 and laid down on 8th August 1944 as Admiralty Job Number J393 and was to be named HMS Loch Lubnaig. Owing to a policy change to meet the need for anti-aircraft escorts for service in the Far East a revision was design change was made on 5th October 1944. The ship was launched on 16th December that year as HMS Whitesand Bay and was the first Royal Navy ship to carry this name.
 
December  1954  She was paid off and Reduced to Reserve at Devonport.
 
HMS Whitesand Bay was placed in Category III Reserve and laid-up at Rosyth without preservation or maintenance. The ship's company was transferred to HM Frigate Loch Killisport then being refitted at Chatham. Late in 1955 she was placed on the Disposal List and sold to BISCO for breaking-up at Charlestown. near Rosyth  by Metal Industries. The ship arrived in tow at the Forth on 13th February 1956.