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was recommissioned in May 1955, but significant problems with the refit delayed deployment until
November when she returned to Bermuda for the usual programme of joint exercises, training and port visits in the Caribbean and to North America. She returned to Plymouth in August 1956 to decommission
571:. In June she sailed to Devonport to refit, then returned to Bermuda in November. From March to June 1954 she was Guardship at the Falklands, again returning to Bermuda by way of the Pacific coast of South America. In September she visited the United States, calling at ports in
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for the next five years, mainly operating in the Aegean and
Adriatic, on patrols, guardship duties, and several periods as part of the Haifa Patrol, attempting to intercept ships carrying
512:, arriving at Auckland on 3 July to join the RNZN 11th Frigate Flotilla for exercises, patrols and visits in the Pacific, finally returning to the flotilla at Malta on 4 January 1951.
437:. However the contract was then changed, and the ship was built to a revised design as a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate, launched on 18 November 1944, and completed on 29 May 1945.
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313:High Frequency Direction Finder
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660:"HMS St Austell Bay, frigate"
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348:A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V
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445:After commissioning and
212:286 ft (87 m)
161:Sold for scrapping, 1959
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618:McCluskie, Tom (2013).
362:24 barrel A/S projector
335:QF 4 inch Mark XVI guns
309:target indication radar
174:General characteristics
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498:Royal New Zealand Navy
464:arrived on 15 August.
151:("Ready for anything")
1273:Afonso de Albuquerque
454:British Pacific Fleet
252:reciprocating engines
527:Royal Norwegian Navy
569:Royal Canadian Navy
496:exchanged with the
405:Mediterranean Fleet
337:on 2 twin mounting
72:Harland & Wolff
1338:Bay-class frigates
759:Bay-class frigates
462:surrender of Japan
297:fire control radar
289:processing systems
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147:In omnia promptus
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1197:Porlock Bay
1192:Matti Kurki
1095:Pegwell Bay
1075:Loch Carron
1064:Gerrans Bay
1046:Dundrum Bay
1023:Wigtown Bay
968:Loch Arklet
923:Porlock Bay
911:Padstow Bay
892:Loch Heilen
839:Cawsand Bay
791:Bigbury Bay
592:Charlestown
573:New England
558:Antofagasta
489:sister ship
435:Loch Lydoch
407:and on the
321:transponder
125:August 1956
117:29 May 1945
109:29 May 1945
93:30 May 1944
82:Yard number
1333:1944 ships
1327:Categories
1293:Loch class
1254:Mounts Bay
1160:Loch Muick
1149:Thurso Bay
1124:Loch Glass
1016:Loch Frisa
987:Veryan Bay
980:Loch Amish
932:Loch Muick
899:Mounts Bay
832:Loch Maddy
775:Royal Navy
669:9 December
602:References
554:Valparaíso
517:Home Fleet
493:Veryan Bay
447:sea trials
429:Loch-class
397:Royal Navy
279:Complement
244:Propulsion
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1131:Herne Bay
1119:Dalrymple
963:Start Bay
880:Loch Foin
875:Largo Bay
851:Enard Bay
844:Loch Roan
500:frigates
478:Palestine
384:Bay-class
183:Bay-class
106:Completed
90:Laid down
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1113:Luce Bay
1070:Surprise
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360:Hedgehog
328:Armament
295:Type 285
98:Launched
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425:Belfast
394:British
392:of the
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236:Draught
186:frigate
76:Belfast
68:Builder
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341:Mk.XIX
207:Length
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594:near
588:BISCO
509:Taupo
503:Hawea
458:Malta
339:HA/LA
271:Range
264:knots
262:19.5
259:Speed
166:Badge
141:Motto
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228:Beam
158:Fate
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