| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 637 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom |
| Ordered | 11 Sep 1942 |
| Laid down | 14 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 11 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in June 1957. |
Commands listed for HMS Taff (K 637)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt.Cdr. Aislabie Harrison, RNR | 1 Nov 1943 | 23 May 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Gerald Anthony Gore Ormsby, RN | 23 May 1944 | 9 Jun 1945 |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Michael Elijah Impey, DSO, DSC, RN | 9 Jun 1945 | 2 Nov 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Taff include:
1 Sep 1944
The British merchant Troilus is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-859 about 300 nautical miles north-east of Socotra Island in position 14°10'N, 61°04'E. Later HMS Nadder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Kitto, RNR) and HMS Taff (Cdr. G.A.G. Ormsby, DSO, DSC, RN) together pick up 95 survivors and landed them at Aden on 10 September.