Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Frigate K266

HMS Fal (K266)

River-class frigate

HMS Fal (K266)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10071 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — K266 Photograph of British frigate HMS Fal .

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Fal2 July 1943 — in service793 days of the war
  2. as HMBS Mayu (later UBS Mayu, UMS Mayu)25 May 1947 — 28 September 1979
River-class frigate Particulars
Name
HMS Fal
Pennant / hull number
K266
Namesake
River Fal
Builder
Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK
Laid down
20 May 1942
Launched
9 November 1942
Commissioned
2 July 1943
Decommissioned
28 September 1979
Fate
Museum ship
Status
Preserved

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,460 long tons (1,483 t)
Displacement, full load
2,170 long tons (2,205 t)
Length
91.74 m (301 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Range
7,200 nmi (13,334 km)
Complement
177
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Fal was a River-class frigate in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K266. The ship was named after River Fal. Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK laid her keel on 20 May 1942. She entered service on 2 July 1943, having been launched on 9 November 1942.

Her class ran to 15 ships. The Loch-class frigate followed.

Displacement was 1,460 long tons standard and 2,170 long tons at full load. She measured 91.7 m (301 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 177. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Fal. She was in commission for 793 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 September 1979.

She has been preserved.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5500 ihp
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shafts
  • 440 LT oil fuel
Armament
  • 2 × QF 4 in Mark XIX on single mounts CP Mk. XXIII
  • 4 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on single mounts Mk. VII
  • 1 × Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector
  • up to 150 depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Fal (K266) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10071 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons