UBS Mayu

HMS Fal in July 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fal
Namesake	River Fal
Builder	Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK
Laid down	20 May 1942
Launched	9 November 1942
Commissioned	2 July 1943
Fate	Transferred to Burmese Navy
Myanmar
Name	HMBS Mayu (later UBS Mayu, UMS Mayu)
Namesake	Mayu River
Acquired	25 May 1947
Commissioned	25 May 1947
Decommissioned	28 September 1979
Fate	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,460 long tons (1,483 t) standard 2,170 long tons (2,205 t) full load
Length	283 ft (86 m) p/p 301 ft 3 in (91.82 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) 13 ft (4.0 m) full load
Propulsion	Reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,101 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 440 long tons (447 t) oil fuel
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	177 Officers & enlisted
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mark XIX on single mounts CP Mk. XXIII 4 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on single mounts Mk. VII 1 × Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

UBS Mayu was the first flagship of the Burmese Navy. She was commissioned on 25 May 1947 and saw 32 years of active service during which she participated in many counter-insurgency campaigns, safeguarding Myanmar's territorial waters, and also served as a training ship for the officers and ratings of Myanmar (Burma) Navy. The ship had been built as River-class frigate HMS Fal for the Royal Navy during World War II and was transferred to the Burmese government in 1947 on loan, and permanently in 1948. She was decommissioned in 1979 and was converted to a museum ship.