HMS Mounts Bay (K627)

HMS Mounts Bay was a Bay-class frigate anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after Mount's Bay in Cornwall. In commission from 1949 until 1960, she saw active service in the Korean War, and was sold to Portugal in 1961 to serve as NRP Vasco da Gama until 1971.

Decommissioning and disposal
In May 1960 the ship was decommissioned and put into Reserve at Portsmouth. She was modernized by John I Thornycroft in Southampton, before being commissioned by the Portuguese Navy on 3 August 1961.