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THURSO BAY
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THURSO BAY

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date19 October 1945
Object NameFRIGATE
MediumPREFABRICATED
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 286' x breadth 36'6" x depth 17'9"
Object numberABDSHIP002478
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 779
Subsequent Names: LOCH MUICK (1944, before completion); OWEN (1949)

Fate: Sold for breaking up at Blyth, 3 July 1970.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Bay Class Frigate of prefabricated construction.

Owners:
1945-1970: Royal Navy.

General History:
Ordered as LOCH MUICK (J. J. Colledge and Ben Wardlow (2006), 'Ships of the Royal Navy' (Chatham Publishing, London), p. 351)
19/10/1945: Launched in Aberdeen as THURSO BAY
23/09/1949: Completed at Chatham as survey ship OWEN.
ZIBA
Alexander HALL & Co.
July 1858
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 November 1944
LOCH DOON
Alexander HALL & Co.
November 1949
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 April 1911
PATRIARCH
Walter Hood & Co.
September 1869
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 October 1917
RUBY
March 1805
CRYSTAL
January 1872
TYKE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1911
EMPIRE JANE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1944
BAY OF NAPLES
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1875
SCOTTISH LASSIE
Alexander HALL & Co.
July 1877
LOCH DOON
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 September 1907
Glass Negative showing various views of ships built at Hall Russell & Co Ltd 1928/9
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1929
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 December 1930