| Name: | DERBY HAVEN |
| Type: | Depot Ship |
| Keel: | 11/02/1944 |
| Launched: | 14/12/1944 |
| Completed: | 02/08/1945 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1790 |
| Dimensions: | 1652disp - 2407disp, 286.0 x 38.5 x 9.75(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (18.5, 31 & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500ihp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 6 x 1 x 20mm AA guns |
| History: | |
| 02/08/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 07/1949 | Government of Iran; renamed BABR |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | A member of the Loch Class of Frigates |
| 11/02/1944: Laid down as LOCH ASSYNT | |
| Modified whilst under construction into a depot ship for coastal forces | |
| 1949: Converted back to a frigate at HM Chatham Dockyard | |
| 09/1969: Stricken from the Active List |
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