HMS Ballinderry
{{short description|1943 River-class frigate of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS Ballinderry was a {{sclass2|River|frigate}} of the Royal Navy which served during the Second World War.
Ballinderry was ordered 20 June 1941 as part of the River-class building programme.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/115.html |title=HMS Ballinderry (K255) |work=uboat.net |access-date=15 March 2020}} The vessel was laid down on 6 November 1941 by Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd at Blyth and launched 7 December 1942.{{cite book|title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present |last1=Colledge |first1=J. J. |last2=Warlow |first2=Ben |publisher=Casemate Publishers |year=2010 |isbn=978-1612000275 |edition=4 |pages=485}}
War service
After commissioning and trials, Ballinderry conducted work up exercises at Tobermory before commencing operations as a convoy escort. On 10 January 1945, Ballinderry, along with HMS Kilbirnie, rescued 50 survivors from the British Merchant vessel Blackheath that had been torpedoed and damaged by {{GS|U-870||2}}, west of Gibraltar.{{cite web |title=RIVER-CLASS FRIGATES, Part 1 of 6, Royal Navy (i) |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts15Fr-River1.htm |website=naval-history.net |access-date=18 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=HMS Ballinderry |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/115.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=18 March 2020}}
Postwar service
Ballinderry was reduced to reserve at Harwich in 1947. The ship was refitted at Liverpool in 1951, before returning to reserve at Harwich, where she remained until 1954. In 1955, Ballinderry, still in reserve, moved to Barry in Wales. On 7 July 1961 the frigate was sold to Thos. W. Ward for scrapping at their Barrow breaking yard.{{Harvnb|Critchley|1986|p=27}}
References
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=Sources=
- 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 Publishers {{ISBN|1-61200-027-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Critchley|first=Mike|title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 5 Frigates|year=1986|publisher=Maritime Books|location=Liskeard, UK|isbn=0-907771-13-0 }}
External links
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{{River class frigate}}
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