 301) and launched by Mrs A.V.Alexander, wife of the 1st Lord of the Admiralty on 3 March 1945.Commissioned for service on 20 September 1945, "Burghead Bay" carried out sea trials in October, and was deployed in November to the Plymouth Local Flotilla, where she stayed until the end of 1952, carrying out exercises, search and rescue in the Channel, and sea training.