HMS Pellew (F62)

HMS Pellew was a Blackwood or Type 14 class second-rate anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named after Captain Sir Edward Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth.

Operational Service
In 1965 Pellew was part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Portland. Her peacetime role was the training of officers and ratings in anti-submarine warfare. Between 1964 and 1965 the ship visited Calais, Kiel, Flushing, Cherbourg and Jersey. She took part in Portsmouth 'Navy Days' in 1965.

She was adopted by the town of Teignmouth.

Publications

 * Marriot, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd.  ISBN 07110 1322 5