HMS Meon
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Meon |
| Namesake | River Meon |
| Ordered | 24 June 1942 |
| Builder | A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow |
| Laid down | 31 December 1942 |
| Launched | 4 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Bletchley, Buckinghamshire |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1944 |
| Identification | pennant number: K 269 |
| Fate |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Meon |
| Commissioned | 7 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 23 April 1945 |
| Identification | pennant number: K 269 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1944–45, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944 Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944 |
| Fate | returned to Royal Navy 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
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HMS Meon was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. The vessel was used primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic, but also took part in the Invasion of Normandy. After the war, the ship was converted to a headquarters vessel for amphibious operations, and saw service in the Persian Gulf from 1952 to 1965, before being scrapped in 1966. She was named for the River Meon in the United Kingdom and was sponsored by the town of Bletchley in Buckinghamshire.
Meon was ordered on 24 January 1942. The ship was laid down on 31 December 1942 by A. & J. Inglis at Glasgow and launched 4 August 1943. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 31 December 1943.