The frigate HMS Tremadoc Bay (K 605) of the Royal Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 1580 BRT |
| Length | 307.25 ft (oa) |
| Complement | 157 men |
| Armament | 4 x 4inch gun (2x2) 4 x 40mm guns (2x2) 4 x 20m guns (2x2) 2 x Hedgehog |
| Max speed | 20 knots |
| Engines | 2 shaft reciprocating (4 cyl. V.T.E.) |
| Power | I.H.P. 5.500 |
| Notes on class | Shipping in the English Channel became a priority U-boat target following the Normandy invasion. Invasion shipping escorts were vulnerable to aircraft attack. Loch class frigates under construction substituted anti-aircraft guns for some of their ASW weapons, and were re-designated Bay class. |
All ships of the Bay class
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| HMS Bigbury Bay (K 606) | ||
| HMS Burghead Bay (K 622) | ||
 | HMS Cardigan Bay (K 630) | |
| HMS Carnarvon Bay (K 636) | ||
| | HMS Cawsand Bay (K 644) | |
| HMS | ||
| HMS Enard Bay (K 435) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Largo Bay (K 423) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Morecambe Bay (K 624) | ||
| HMS Mounts Bay (K 627) | ||
| HMS Padstow Bay (K 608) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Porlock Bay (K 650) | ||
| HMS St. Austell Bay (K 634) | ||
| HMS St. Brides Bay (K 600) | ||
| HMS Start Bay (K 604) | ||
| HMS | ||
| | HMS Tremadoc Bay (K 605) | |
| HMS Veryan Bay (K 651) | ||
| HMS Whitesand Bay (K 633) | ||
| HMS Widemouth Bay (K 615) | ||
| HMS Wigtown Bay (K 616) | ||
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