- HMS Owen (K640)
HMS "Owen" (K640) a Bay-class
frigate of the BritishRoyal Navy . She was named for the explorer and naval officerWilliam Fitzwilliam Owen . She was originally laid down as the Loch-class vessel "Loch Muick", and re-ordered as "Thurso Bay" while building. She was completed as "Owen", a survey vessel for dealing with the large numbers of uncharted wrecks and mines around theBritish Isles as a result ofWorld War II . For this purpose she was fitted for minesweeping.
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