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Dates: 1945 - 1970 BAY Class Anti-Aircraft Frigate initially ordered from Hall Russell at Aberdeen on 19th January 1943 for build as a LOCH Class Anti-submarine Frigate, but for which the ordered was changed in 1944. Originally to have been named LOCH CARLOWAY she was laid down on 30th May 1944 as Job Number J11825 and launched as BIGBURY BAY by Harland on 16th November 1944. First RN ship to carry this name she was completed on 12th July 1945 to the revised design after the end of hostilities with Germany.
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" HMS Manchester has become the first Royal Navy warship to visit Havana, Cuba, in more than 50 years.
The Type 42 destroyer has made the visit as part of her ongoing deployment to the Caribbean, where she is primarily conducting counter-narcotics patrols.
The visit of HMS Manchester presents ..."
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HMS Bigbury Bay
1945 - 1970
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