HMS Gifford
 The NNS Bonny at the Nigerian War Museum
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gifford (P3111) |
| Operator |  Royal Navy |
| Builder | Scarr |
| Launched | 30 June 1954 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1954 |
| Fate | Sold in 1968 to Nigeria |
.svg){kind=small} Nigeria | |
| Name | NNS Bonny |
| Operator | Nigerian Navy |
| 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 |
| Armament | |
HMS Gifford was one of 23 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 Gifford.[1] She was launched on 30 June 1954 and sold to Nigeria in 1968. Renamed NNS Bonny,[2] she fought in the Nigerian Civil War against Biafra. She was decommissioned in 1983.[2]
Current state
NNS Bonny is preserved in the Nigerian War Museum at Umuahia as a museum exhibit.[3]
References
- ^ There are several places in UK whose name contains or consists of Gifford. It is unclear which one the namegivers had in mind.
- ^ 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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