HMS Montford

HMS Montford was one of 23 boats of the Ford class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.

BNS Vigilance destroyed in 1967
History
United Kingdom
Name: Montford
Launched: 10 October 1957
Identification: P3124
Fate: Sold on 9 September 1966 to Nigeria
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:
  • 120 tons standard
  • 160 tons full load
Length: 117 ft 3 in (35.74 m)
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × Foden diesel (Centre shaft)
  • 2 × Paxman 12YHAX 550hp Diesels (Outer shafts)
Speed: 20 knots
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 1957.[1] Renamed NNS Ibadan,[2] she was captured at the declaration of independence of Biafra by independentists in Calabar.[3] She saw action as BNS Vigilance during Nigerian Civil War and was sunk on 9 October 1967 at Port Harcourt.[4]

References
  1. 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  2. Ivan Gogin. ""FORD" seaward defense boats (SHALFORD) (1953 - 1957)". Navypedia. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Ivan Gogin. "BENIN seaward defence boats (1961, 1953-1957/1966-1969)". Navypedia. Retrieved 20 May 2017.


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