HMSBallinderry
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ballinderry
Ordered	20 June 1941
Builder	Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd,Blyth Hawthorn Leslie & Co.,Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	6 November 1941
Launched	7 December 1942
Commissioned	2 September 1943
Identification	Pennant number: K255
Fate	Scrapped, 7 July 1961
General characteristics
Displacement	1,370long 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
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m); 13 ft (4.0 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts,reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) (exceptCam,Chelmer,Ettrick,Halladale,Helmsdale, andTweed;Parsons single reductionsteam turbines, 6,500 shp (4,800 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (turbine ships)
Range	7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) with;440long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel
Complement	107
Armament	2 ×QF 4 in (102 mm) /40 Mk.XIX guns, single mountsCP Mk.XXIII Up to 10 ×QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III 1 ×Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector 8 xdepth charge throwers, 2 xrails, Up to 150depth charges

HMSBallinderry was aRiver-classfrigate of theRoyal Navy which served during theSecond World War.

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

After commissioning and trials,Ballinderry conducted work up exercises atTobermory before commencing operations as a convoy escort. On 10 January 1945,Ballinderry, along withHMSKilbirnie, rescued 50 survivors from the British Merchant vesselBlackheath that had been torpedoed and damaged byU-870, west ofGibraltar.^[3][4]

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

• 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 PublishersISBN 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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