HMS Ballinderry (K255)

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HMS Ballinderry
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameBallinderry
Ordered20 June 1941
Builder
Laid down6 November 1941
Launched7 December 1942
Commissioned2 September 1943
Identification Pennant number: K255
FateScrapped, 7 July 1961
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 1,370 long tons (1,390 t; 1,530 short tons)
  • 1,830 long tons (1,860 t; 2,050 short tons) (deep load)
Length
  • 283 ft (86.3 m) p/p
  • 301.25 ft (91.8 m)o/a
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m); 13 ft (4.0 m) (deep load)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (turbine ships)
Range7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) with;440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel
Complement107
Armament

HMS Ballinderry was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy which served during the Second World War.

Contents

Ballinderry was ordered 20 June 1941 as part of the River-class building programme. [1] The vessel was laid down on 6 November 1941 by Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd at Blyth and launched 7 December 1942. [1] [2]

War service

After commissioning and trials, Ballinderry conducted work up exercises at Tobermory before commencing operations as a convoy escort. On 10 January 1945, Ballinderry, along with HMS Kilbirnie, rescued 50 survivors from the British Merchant vessel Blackheath that had been torpedoed and damaged by U-870, west of Gibraltar. [3] [4]

Postwar service

Ballinderry was reduced to reserve at Harwich in 1947. The ship was refitted at Liverpool in 1951, before returning to reserve at Harwich, where she remained until 1954. In 1955, Ballinderry, still in reserve, moved to Barry in Wales. On 7 July 1961 the frigate was sold to Thos. W. Ward for scrapping at their Barrow breaking yard. [5]

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "HMS Ballinderry (K255)". uboat.net. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (4 ed.). Casemate Publishers. p. 485. ISBN   1612000274.
  3. "RIVER-CLASS FRIGATES, Part 1 of 6, Royal Navy (i)". naval-history.net. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. "HMS Ballinderry". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. Critchley 1986 , p. 27

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