Allied Warships

HMS Veryan Bay (K 651)

Frigate of the Bay class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassBay 
PennantK 651 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered2 May 1943 
Laid down8 Jun 1944 
Launched11 Nov 1944 
Commissioned30 Jul 1945 
End service 
History

Scrapped 1 July 1959.  

Former nameHMS Loch Swannay

Commands listed for HMS Veryan Bay (K 651)

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1Lt. John Studholme Brownrigg, DSC, RN5 Feb 1945Jan 1946

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Notable events involving Veryan Bay include:


2 Jun 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Veryan Bay (A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Brownrigg, DSC, RN). (1)

7 Jun 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Veryan Bay (A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Brownrigg, DSC, RN) and HMS Hedingham Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR). (1)

8 Jun 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Veryan Bay (A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Brownrigg, DSC, RN) and HMSAS Transvaal (Lt.Cdr. H.E. Fougstedt, SANF(V)). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20192

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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