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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 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 ships built in Canada 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 commissioned in the USN, the remaining eight were commissioned in the RN and RCN.

After World War II they found employment in many other navies the world over; several RCN ships were sunk as breakwaters.

Design

The River class ships 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

Free French Navy

Royal Australian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

South African Navy

United States Navy

Vessels lost in action

Trivia

HMS Plym was destroyed by the United Kingdom's first nuclear weapon in Operation Hurricane in 1952.;

A fictional River class frigate, HMS Saltash, appears in the novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat. In the film version, this is replaced by a Castle class corvette, HMS Saltash Castle, as no River class vessel was available from the Royal Navy to play the part.;

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