HMS Wigtown Bay (K616)
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HMS Wigtown Bay (K616)
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HMS Wigtown Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named for Wigtown Bay in Galloway. Ordered on 6 March 1943 from the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast as a Loch-class anti-submarine frigate, and assigned the name Loch Garasdale, the ship was laid down on 24 October 1944. However, during construction the need for anti-aircraft escorts for service in the Far East, meant that the contract was revised, and she was completed as a Bay-class frigate. The ship was
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1945 Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wigtown_Bay_(K616)
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2023-11-10T20:31:45Z
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