HMS Gifford
The NNS Bonny at the Nigerian War Museum
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Gifford |
Builder | Scarr |
Launched | 30 June 1954 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1954 |
Identification | Pennant number: P3111 |
Fate | Sold in 1968 to Nigeria |
Nigeria | |
Name | NNS Bonny |
Acquired | 1968 |
Decommissioned | 1983 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ford-class seaward defence boat |
Displacement |
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Length | 117 ft 3 in (35.74 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Armament |
HMS Gifford was one of 23 boats of the Ford class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. Gifford was launched on 30 June 1954. In 1968 the vessel was sold to Nigeria and renamed NNS Bonny. Bonny took part in the Nigerian Civil War and was decommissioned in 1983. Bonny is preserved at the Nigerian War Museum in Umuahia.
Service history[]
Gifford was a Ford-class seaward defence boat constructed for the Royal Navy. The names of the class ships were all chosen from villages ending in "-ford". This boat was named after Gifford.[a] She was on 30 June 1954 and sold to Nigeria in 1968. Renamed NNS Bonny,[1] she fought in the Nigerian Civil War against Biafra. She was decommissioned in 1983.[1]
Museum ship[]
NNS Bonny is preserved in the Nigerian War Museum at Umuahia as a museum exhibit.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ There are several places in UK whose name contains or consists of Gifford. It is unclear which one the name givers had in mind.
References[]
- ^ a b Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ^ "Table of contents". The National War Museum Umuahia (PDF). DARC, Carolina Academic Press. p. vi. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- Ford-class seaward defence boats
- Royal Navy ship names
- 1954 ships
- Nigerian Navy
- Nigerian Civil War
- Patrol vessels of the Nigerian Navy
- Museum ships
- United Kingdom naval ship stubs