HMS Tavy
- 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 Tavy3 July 1943 — 28 September 1956792 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Tavy
- Namesake
- River Tavy
- Builder
- Charles Hill & Sons & Belliss & Morcom
- Ordered
- 26 February 1942
- Laid down
- 17 October 1942
- Launched
- 3 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 3 July 1943
- Fate
- Scrapped 28 September 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Tavy was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was named for River Tavy. Her keel was laid at Charles Hill & Sons & Belliss & Morcom on 17 October 1942. She entered service on 3 July 1943, having been launched on 3 April 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 792 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 28 September 1956.
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 Tavy on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.