HMS Owen (K640)

HMS Owen (K640) a Bay-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named for the explorer and naval officer William 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 the British Isles as a result of World War II. For this purpose she was fitted for minesweeping.

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    Move him into the sun—
    Gently its touch awoke him once,
    At home, whispering of fields half-sown.
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)