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Richards

Builder : Richards Country : UK

Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth

Ships built by Richards (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Boulston	5th October 1952	Renamed Warsash 1961.
HMS Brereton	14th May 1953	Renamed St David 1954. Renamed Brereton November 1961. Scrapped 1992
HMS Clarbeston	18th February 1954	Sold 22nd June 1970.
HMS Mayford	30th September 1954	Sold 28th August 1968.
HMS Floriston	26th January 1955	Scrapped 27th May 1968.
HMS Hinksford	4th October 1955	Sold to Nigerian Navy 9 September 1966, renamed Benin
HMS Somerleyton	17th September 1955	To Australia (Hawk) 18th July 1962.
HMS Puncheston	20th November 1956	Sold May 1972
HMS Quainton	10th October 1957	Renamed Northumbria April 1960 to 1972. Broken up at Blyth, August 1979.
HMS Rennington	27th November 1958	To Argentina as Chaco December 1969
HMS Warsash *	1961	Renamed (ex - Boulston) 1961. Sold for scrap 28th October 1974.
HMAS Hawk *	18th July 1962	From UK (ex - Somerleyton) 18th July 1962. Sold January 1976.
ARA Chaco	December 1969
HMS Waveney	8th September 1983	Purchased by Bangladesh 3rd October 1994
HMS Humber	17th May 1984	Purchased by Brazil 1995
HMS Blackwater	29th August 1984	Sold to Brazil

Ships built by Richards(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Blackwater	29th August 1984	Sold to Brazil
HMS Boulston	5th October 1952	Renamed Warsash 1961.
HMS Brereton	14th May 1953	Renamed St David 1954. Renamed Brereton November 1961. Scrapped 1992
ARA Chaco	December 1969
HMS Clarbeston	18th February 1954	Sold 22nd June 1970.
HMS Floriston	26th January 1955	Scrapped 27th May 1968.
HMAS Hawk *	18th July 1962	From UK (ex - Somerleyton) 18th July 1962. Sold January 1976.
HMS Hinksford	4th October 1955	Sold to Nigerian Navy 9 September 1966, renamed Benin
HMS Humber	17th May 1984	Purchased by Brazil 1995
HMS Mayford	30th September 1954	Sold 28th August 1968.
HMS Puncheston	20th November 1956	Sold May 1972
HMS Quainton	10th October 1957	Renamed Northumbria April 1960 to 1972. Broken up at Blyth, August 1979.
HMS Rennington	27th November 1958	To Argentina as Chaco December 1969
HMS Somerleyton	17th September 1955	To Australia (Hawk) 18th July 1962.
HMS Warsash *	1961	Renamed (ex - Boulston) 1961. Sold for scrap 28th October 1974.
HMS Waveney	8th September 1983	Purchased by Bangladesh 3rd October 1994

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

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Last edited : 13:08, August 20, 2012
By : tonclass

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