HMS Surprise (K346)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Surprise.
HMS Surprise was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. In commission from 1946 to 1965, she served in the Mediterranean Fleet as a Despatch Vessel for the Commander-in-Chief. Although principally employed for the use as a yacht by the CinC, Surprise was also deployed in its operational role as an anti-aircraft frigate and was allocated to the Haifa Patrol for a brief period in 1948. The archaic term "Despatch Vessel" was replaced by "Flag Frigate" in 1961.[1]
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Name | HMS Surprise |
Ordered | 25 January 1943 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough |
Laid down | 21 April 1944 |
Launched | 14 March 1945 |
Completed | 7 September 1946 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1946 |
Decommissioned | January 1965 |
Identification | Pennant number K346 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1965 |
Badge | On a field white, an ancient galley, black |
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Class and type | Bay-class frigate |
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Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
Range | 724 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 160 |
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