HMS Shalford (P3101)
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Name | HMS Shalford (P3101) |
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Builder | Yarrow |
Launched | 29 October 1951 |
Completed | 21 August 1952 |
Fate | Sold 8 September 1967 to Singapore for break up |
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 |
Complement | 19 |
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HMS Shalford was one of 20 boats of the Ford-class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ford. This boat was named after Shalford.
References
[edit]- 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.