HMS Montford was one of 23 boats of the Ford class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Montford |
| Launched | 10 October 1957 |
| Identification | P3124 |
| Fate | Sold on 9 September 1966 to Nigeria |
.svg){kind=small} Nigeria | |
| Name | Ibadan |
| Acquired | 9 September 1966 |
| Captured | By Biafra on 30 May 1967 |
 Biafra | |
| Name | Vigilance |
| Commissioned | 30 May 1967 |
| Fate | Sunk on 9 October 1967 |
| 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) |
| Armament | |
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ford. This boat was named after Montford, Shropshire. She was launched on 10 October 1957 and sold to Nigeria on 9 September 1966.[1] Renamed NNS Ibadan,[citation needed] she was captured at the declaration of independence of Biafra by independentists in Calabar.[2] She saw action as BNS Vigilance during Nigerian Civil War and was sunk on 9 October 1967 at Port Harcourt.
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. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ^ Duyile, William Abiodun (August 2016). "Nature and Impact of Involvement of the Navy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970". International Journal of Naval History. Vol. 13, no. 2. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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