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HMS Moyola (K260)
Career (United Kingdom) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom
Name: HMS Moyola
Ordered: 3 July 1941
Builder: Smiths Dock Co., Ltd.
Laid down: 9 February 1942
Launched: 27 August 1942
Commissioned: 15 January 1943
Decommissioned: 15 October 1944
Fate: Transferred to France
Career (France) Civil and Naval Ensign of France
Name: Tonkinois
Commissioned: 15 October 1944
Decommissioned: 1961
Fate: Decommisioned
General characteristics
Class & type: River class frigate
Displacement: 1,370 long tons (1,390 t)
1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load)
Length: 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p
301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
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
Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Range: 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement: 140

HMS Moyola (K370) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Navy.[1]

On 15 October 1944 the Moyola was transferred to the Free French and renamed Tonkinois.[2]

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  • Usk
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  • Windrush
  • HMS Wye (K371)

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