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Hill

Builder : Hill Country : UK

Ships built by Hill (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Naiad	27th February 1797	Sold 2nd February 1866.
HMS Hardy	1st March 1856	Sold 9th February 1869.
HMS Havock	20th March 1856	Sold 31st March 1870.
HMS Barricade	7th February 1938	Scrapped May 1952
HMS Barrier	17th May 1938	Scrapped November 1963
HMS Clematis	22nd April 1940	Scrapped September 1949
HMS Columbine	13th August 1940	Sold 9 August 1946
HMS Convolvulus	21st September 1940	Sold for scrap 21st August 1947.
HMS Mimosa	18th January 1941	Transferred to the Free French Navy 11 May 1941 on completion
HMS Saxifrage	24th October 1941	Sold August 1947 to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed Polarfront I
HMS Baronia	28th April 1941	Sold February 1959
HMS Rockrose	26th July 1941	To South Africa (Protea) September 1947.
HMS Barova	5th July 1941	Scrapped August 1964
HMS Lotus (i)	17th January 1942	Transferred to Free French Navy 23 May 1942 on completion, renamed Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves.
HMS Trent	10th October 1942	To India (Kukri) April 1946.
HMS Bann	29th December 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy 3 December 1945, renamed HMIS Tir
HMS Meadowsweet	28th March 1942	Sold privately (Gerrit W Vinke) 31st March 1951.
HMS Jed	30th July 1942	Scrapped 25th July 1957.
HMS Monnow	4th December 1943	Transferred to RCN 3 August 1944, renamed HMCS Monnow
HMS Tavy	3rd April 1943	Scrapped 28 September 1956
HMS Avon	19th June 1943	Sold to Portugese Navy May 1949, renamed Nuno Tristao
HMS Taff	11th September 1943	Scrapped June 1957
HMS Veryan Bay	11th November 1944	Scrapped 1st July 1959.
HMS Loch Dunvegan	25th March 1944	Scrapped 25th August 1960.
HMS Loch Ruthven	3rd June 1944	Scrapped 1966.
HMS Loch Scavaig	9th September 1944	Scrapped 5th September 1959.
HMS Burghead Bay	3rd March 1945	Renamed (Ex Loch Harport) 1943, order cancelled December 1943 and reordered as a Bay Class as Burghead Bay. To Portugal (Alvares Cabral) 11th May 1959, scrapped 1971.
HMS Porlock Bay	14th June 1945	Sold to Finnish Navy 19 March 1962, renamed Matti Kurki
Kukri *	April 1946	From UK (ex - Trent) April 1946. Converted to survey vessel and renamed Investigator 1951.
Protea *	September 1947	From UK (ex - Rockrose) September 1947. Sold privately (Justin) 1962.
Investigator *	1951	Renamed Investigator (ex - Kukri) 1951. Scrapped 1975.
Alvares Cabral *	11th May 1959	From UK (Burghead Bay) 11th May 1959. Sold 23rd June 1971.

Ships built by Hill(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
Alvares Cabral *	11th May 1959	From UK (Burghead Bay) 11th May 1959. Sold 23rd June 1971.
HMS Avon	19th June 1943	Sold to Portugese Navy May 1949, renamed Nuno Tristao
HMS Bann	29th December 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy 3 December 1945, renamed HMIS Tir
HMS Baronia	28th April 1941	Sold February 1959
HMS Barova	5th July 1941	Scrapped August 1964
HMS Barricade	7th February 1938	Scrapped May 1952
HMS Barrier	17th May 1938	Scrapped November 1963
HMS Burghead Bay	3rd March 1945	Renamed (Ex Loch Harport) 1943, order cancelled December 1943 and reordered as a Bay Class as Burghead Bay. To Portugal (Alvares Cabral) 11th May 1959, scrapped 1971.
HMS Clematis	22nd April 1940	Scrapped September 1949
HMS Columbine	13th August 1940	Sold 9 August 1946
HMS Convolvulus	21st September 1940	Sold for scrap 21st August 1947.
HMS Hardy	1st March 1856	Sold 9th February 1869.
HMS Havock	20th March 1856	Sold 31st March 1870.
Investigator *	1951	Renamed Investigator (ex - Kukri) 1951. Scrapped 1975.
HMS Jed	30th July 1942	Scrapped 25th July 1957.
Kukri *	April 1946	From UK (ex - Trent) April 1946. Converted to survey vessel and renamed Investigator 1951.
HMS Loch Dunvegan	25th March 1944	Scrapped 25th August 1960.
HMS Loch Ruthven	3rd June 1944	Scrapped 1966.
HMS Loch Scavaig	9th September 1944	Scrapped 5th September 1959.
HMS Lotus (i)	17th January 1942	Transferred to Free French Navy 23 May 1942 on completion, renamed Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves.
HMS Meadowsweet	28th March 1942	Sold privately (Gerrit W Vinke) 31st March 1951.
HMS Mimosa	18th January 1941	Transferred to the Free French Navy 11 May 1941 on completion
HMS Monnow	4th December 1943	Transferred to RCN 3 August 1944, renamed HMCS Monnow
HMS Naiad	27th February 1797	Sold 2nd February 1866.
HMS Porlock Bay	14th June 1945	Sold to Finnish Navy 19 March 1962, renamed Matti Kurki
Protea *	September 1947	From UK (ex - Rockrose) September 1947. Sold privately (Justin) 1962.
HMS Rockrose	26th July 1941	To South Africa (Protea) September 1947.
HMS Saxifrage	24th October 1941	Sold August 1947 to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed Polarfront I
HMS Taff	11th September 1943	Scrapped June 1957
HMS Tavy	3rd April 1943	Scrapped 28 September 1956
HMS Trent	10th October 1942	To India (Kukri) April 1946.
HMS Veryan Bay	11th November 1944	Scrapped 1st July 1959.

* - Represents a ship built here which later changed to this name or role.

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First Added : 18:53, December 28, 2010
By : jbryce1437

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