Frigate of the River class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 272 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Oct, 1942 |
| Launched | 3 Apr, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jul, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped 28 September 1956.
Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Ardern, RNR
1 June 1943 – 29 September 1944
Cdr. George Arthur Thring, DSO, RN
29 September 1944 – 20 November 1944
Lt. Hylton Frederick Griffith Sheppard, RNR
20 November 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Tavy include: 5 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-390 was sunk 1500hrs on 5 July 1944 in the Baie de la Seine, English Channel, in position 49º52'N, 00º48'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wanderer (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Whinney, DSC and Bar, RN) and the British frigate HMS Tavy (T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Ardern, RNR). (see map) |
