HMS St Brides Bay ( K600 ) HMS " St Brides Bay " ( K600 / F600 ) was a Bay - class anti - aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy , named for St Brides Bay in Pembrokeshire . In commission from 1945 to 1961 , she served in the Mediterranean and Eastern Fleet s , seeing active service in the Korean War . Construction . The ship was originally ordered from Harland and Wolff , Belfast , on 2 May 1943 as the " Loch Achilty " , and was laid down on 2 May 1944 . However the contract was then changed , and the ship was completed to a revised design as a Bay - class anti - aircraft frigate . Admiralty Job No . J3902 was launched as " St Brides Bay " on 16 January 1945 , and completed on 15 June 1945 . Service history . Mediterranean Fleet . After sea trials " St Brides Bay " was commissioned for service in the British Pacific Fleet in June 1945 . In July she sailed for Malta , but the proposed deployment in the Pacific was cancelled in August and she was reallocated to the 5th Escort Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet . There her duties included weather ship and air sea rescue duties in the western Atlantic during U . S aircraft troop repatriation flights in late November 1945 , patrol duty in the Aegean , Adriatic , and Red Seas , and periods as Guardship at Alexandria , Trieste , and Aqaba , as well as attachment to the Haifa Patrol , attempting to intercept ships carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine . In May 1948 her pennant number was changed to F600 . In July 1949 she sailed with to join the Eastern Fleet , arriving at Hong Kong on 31 August , and joining the 4th Frigate Flotilla . Her duties at Hong Kong included Guardship duty in the Yangtze , surveillance of Chinese Nationalist warship movements , and patrols to support military operations against insurgent forces in Malaya . Korean War . In December 1950 " St Brides Bay " was sent to join the British naval forces that formed part of the United Nations Naval Task Force after the outbreak of the Korean War . She was deployed off the west coast of Korea and supported the evacuation of Incheon . From February to July 1951 " St Brides Bay " was deployed for Flotilla duties at Hong Kong and Singapore , returning to Korea in August for patrols and fire support duties off the west coast . In December she took part in bombardment operations on the Han River , returning to Hong Kong in January 1952 to continue supporting operations in Malaya . Her third UN tour began in June , and in July she was detached for duty with the United States Task Group on the East Coast , providing medical aid to the destroyer after she was damaged by 75 mm shore battery fire off Songjin . She returned to Hong Kong for flotilla duties in November , and in April 1953 began her fourth Korean tour , deployed for military support off the east coast . In June she carried out bombardments in Ch ' o - do area in support of RoK Army operations before being released from United Nations duty . Eastern Fleet . After a refit at Hong Kong " St Brides Bay " resumed her usual duties ; local and fleet exercises , patrols in the Formosa Straits , and further patrols off Korea , serving as Guardship at Pangyaengo Do off the east coast . Frequent exercises were carried out with ships of the United States , Australian and New Zealand navies . During the Suez Crisis in late 1956 " St Brides Bay " was sent to Aden for patrols in the Red Sea , returning to Singapore in January 1957 . In February she detached for service in New Zealand , arrving at Auckland in March for exercises , training and patrols , returning to Hong Kong in July . The ship was refitted at HM Dockyard , Singapore , from December 1957 to March 1958 , and in April sailed to Inchon with for an official visit by the Commander - in - Chief , Far East . In August she returned to Aden for local patrols and interception of illegal traffic , returning to Singapore in October . In January 1959 she was deployed for Borneo patrol , and in March escorted the Royal Yacht to Hong Kong . After a refit , and local exercises she was deployed to Addu Atoll as Guardship in September , returning to Singapore in December . In early 1960 " St Brides Bay " was detached for visits to Australia and New Zealand , calling at Fremantle and Adelaide , Auckland and Wellington , Hobart , Sydney and Cairns , before returning to Singapore in March . In May , while at Hong Kong some of ship ' s company were employed as extras during the filming of " The World of Suzie Wong " . In June she took part in Fleet exercises and made an official visit to Japan , calling at Yokohama and Maizuru . On arrival back at Hong Kong on 2 July she collided with the , almost cutting the minesweeper in half . In November she and sailed to Townsville , Queensland , for detached service on a Pacific islands visit programme , calling at Nouméa , New Caledonia , Suva , Fiji and Apia , Samoa . She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 9 January 1961 , then called at Funafuti , Onotoa and Tarawa in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands , Manus , Admiralty Islands , and Iloilo , Philippines , before returning to Hong Kong in March . In May she was deployed for anti - piracy patrol duties based at Tawau , Borneo , calling at Yokosuka in June . After exercises with the Far East Fleet and Commonwealth warships she sailed for Australia in late August , calling at Brisbane , Mackay , Cairns and Darwin , before returning to Singapore in September . In November 1962 " St Brides Bay " sailed for the UK , arriving at Portsmouth on 14 December . Two days later the ship was decommissioned after 16 years of continuous overseas service . Put into Reserve at Portsmouth in January 1962 , she was sold to BISCO for scrapping . She was towed to Faslane for breaking - up by Metal Industries , arriving there on 3 September 1962 . References .