Name Tay Laid down 10 September 1941 Class and type River-class frigate Launched 18 March 1942 | Namesake River Tay Commissioned 5 August 1942 Construction started 10 September 1941 | |
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Fate Scrapped on 28 September 1956 Builders Smiths Dock Company, South Bank | ||
HMS Tay (K232) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Tay was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River-class frigate. She was adopted by the civil community of Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire, as part of the Warship Week war savings campaign in 1942.
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Royal Navy service
On commissioning Tay was allocated for service as a convoy escort in the Western Approaches and the Atlantic.
In June 1943 she was allocated for service in the Eastern Fleet, operating in the Indian Ocean. At the end of the war she remained based at Singapore, until returning to the UK in 1947 where she was paid off and reduced to reserve. She was placed on the disposal list in 1956 and was towed to the breakers yard at Rosyth on the 26th September 1956.
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