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The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. more...
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The majority served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy, with the some serving in the other Allied navies; the Royal Australian Navy, the Free French Navy, the Royal Netherlands Navy and, post-war, the South African Navy. Ten Canadian built ships were assigned to the United States Navy to cover for a shortage of suitable convoy escorts until American built ships became available. In the event, only two were transferred, the remaining eight were used by the Canadians.
After World War II they found employment in many other navies the world over, many Canadian ships were sunk as breakwaters.
Design
The Rivers were designed by naval engineer William Reed to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the Black Swan class sloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery (eg reciprocating steam engines instead of turbines) and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower-class corvettes.
The River-class design was used as the basis for the United States Navys Tacoma class (known to the Royal navy as the Colony class frigate), and the hull design was later elaborated into the Loch class frigate, and subsequently the Bay class frigate
Ships
Royal Navy group I
HMS Ballinderry;
HMS Bann (to Royal Indian Navy 1946 as Tir);
HMS Chelmer;
HMS Dart;
HMS Derg;
HMS Ettrick (to Canada as HMCS Ettrick);
HMS Exe;
HMS Itchen (sunk by U-666 on 23 September 1943);
HMS Jed;
HMS Kale;
HMS Ness;
HMS Nith (to Royal Egyptian Navy 1948 as Domiat);
HMS Ribble (i) (to the Netherlands as HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau);
HMS Rother;
HMS Spey (to Royal Egyptian Navy 1948 as Rasheed);
HMS Swale (to South Africa as HMSAS Swale);
HMS Tay;
HMS Test (to Royal Indian Navy 1946 as Neza);
HMS Teviot (to South Africa as HMSAS Teviot);
HMS Trent (to Royal Indian Navy 1946 as Khukri);
HMS Tweed (sunk by U-305 on 7 January 1944);
HMS Waveney;
HMS Wear;
Royal Navy group II
HMS Adur (to the Canada as HMCS Nadur; to United States as Asheville);
HMS Aire (Tamar, 1946; Aire, 1946);
HMS Annan (i) (to Canada as HMCS Annan; to United States as USS Natchez);
HMS Annan (ii) (to Canada as Annan; to Royal Danish Navy 1945 as KMD Niels Ebbesen);
HMS Avon (to Portuguese Navy 1949 as Nuno Tristao);
HMS Awe (to Portuguese Navy 1949 as Diogo Gomes);
HMS Barle;
HMS Braid (to the Free French as L'Aventure);
HMS Cam;
HMS Cuckmere (torpedoed by U-233 on 11 December 1943 and never repaired);
HMS Deveron (to Royal Indian Navy 1946 as Dhanush, to Pakistani Navy 1948 as Zulfiquar);
HMS Dovey (ex- Lambourne);
HMS Evenlode;
HMS Fal (to Burmese Navy 1947 as Mayu);
HMS Findhorn;
HMS Frome (to Free French as L'Escarmouche, later Ailette);
HMS Glenarm (HMS Strule, 1944; to Free French as Croix de Lorraine);
HMS Halladale;
HMS Helford;
HMS Helmsdale;
HMS Inver;
HMS Lagan (torpedoed by U-270 on 20 September 1943 and never repaired);
HMS Lochy;
HMS Lossie (to United States as Lossie);
HMS Meon (to Canada as Meon);
HMS Monnow (to Canada as HMCS Monnow; to Royal Danish Navy 1945 as KDM Holger Danske);
HMS Mourne (sunk by U-767 on 15 June 1944);
HMS Moyola (to the Free French as Tonkinois; later La Confiance);
HMS Nadder (to Royal Indian Navy 1946 as Shamsher; to Pakistani Navy 1948 as Shamsher);
HMS Nene (to Canada as HMCS Nene);
HMS Odzani;
HMS Parret;
HMS Plym;
HMS Ribble (ii) (to Canada as HMCS Ribble);
HMS Shiel;
HMS Taff;
HMS Tavy;
HMS Tees;
HMS Teme (to Canada as HMCS Teme);
HMS Torridge (to Free French as La Surprise; to Royal Moroccan Navy 1964 as Al Mauona);
HMS Towy;
HMS Usk (to Royal Egyptian Navy 1948 as Abikir);
HMS Windrush (to Free French as La Découverte);
HMS Wye;
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