Design
The River-class ships were designed by naval engineer William Reed to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the Black Swan-class sloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery (e.g. reciprocating-steam engines instead of turbines) and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the Flower-class corvettes.
The River-class design was used as the basis for the United States Navy's Tacoma class (which served in the Royal Navy as the Colony class, and the hull design was later elaborated into the Loch class, and subsequently the Bay class.
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