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.
 The NNS Bonny at the Nigerian War Museum
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 |
.svg){kind=small} 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 | |
Service history
editGifford 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 launched 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
editNNS Bonny is preserved in the Nigerian War Museum at Umuahia as a museum exhibit.[2]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
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