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HMS Ballinderry (K255)

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HMS Ballinderry
History
United Kingdom
NameBallinderry
Ordered20 June 1941
Builder
Laid down6 November 1941
Launched7 December 1942
Commissioned2 September 1943
IdentificationPennant 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.

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]

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River-class frigate

River-class frigate

The River class was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. The majority served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), with some serving in the other Allied navies: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Free French Naval Forces, the Royal Netherlands Navy and, post-war, the South African Navy.

Frigate

Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service.

Keel laying

Keel laying

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.

Blyth Shipbuilding Company

Blyth Shipbuilding Company

The Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Company Ltd. was a British shipyard located in Blyth, Northumberland, England.

Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 37,339 in the 2011 Census.

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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Harwich

Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on-Sea to the south. It is the northernmost coastal town in Essex.

Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England. With a population of 486,100 in 2021, it is located within the county of Merseyside and is the principal city of the wider Liverpool City Region. Its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million.

Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including several beaches and the resurrected Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate data, the population of Barry was 54,673.

Thos. W. Ward

Thos. W. Ward

Thos. W. Ward Ltd was a Sheffield, Yorkshire, steel, engineering and cement business, which began as coal and coke merchants. It expanded into recycling metal for Sheffield's steel industry, and then the supply and manufacture of machinery.

Source: "HMS Ballinderry (K255)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ballinderry_(K255).

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References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "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 978-1612000275.
  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

Sources

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben. (2002) Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present 4th Edition. Casemate Publishers ISBN 1-61200-027-4
  • Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5 Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
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