Royal Navy — Frigate
HMS Aire
- Displacement
- 1,370 long tons (1,392 t)
- Length
- 86.26 m (283 ft)
- Beam
- 11.13 m (36.5 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Aire28 July 1943 — 20 December 1946767 days of the war
River-class frigate
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Aire
- Namesake
- River Aire
- Builder
- Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley
- Ordered
- 30 September 1941
- Laid down
- 12 June 1942
- Launched
- 22 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 28 July 1943
- Fate
- Grounded on Bombay Reef, 20 December 1946
By aircraft (1946) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,370 long tons (1,392 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,830 long tons (1,859 t)
- Length
- 86.26 m (283 ft) PP
- Beam
- 11.13 m (36.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 7,200 nmi (13,334 km)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Aire was a River-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She was named for River Aire. Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley laid her keel on 12 June 1942. Launched on 22 April 1943, she entered service on 28 July 1943.
She was one of 15 ships of her class. The Loch-class frigate followed.
Displacement was 1,370 long tons standard and 1,830 long tons at full load. She measured 86.3 m (283 ft) long with a beam of 11.1 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 107. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 767 days of the Second World War.
She was wrecked on 20 December 1946 by aircraft.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5500 ihp
- Armament
- 2 × QF 4 in Mk.XIX guns, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII
- up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III
- 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector
- up to 150 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Aire on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.