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Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd.

Builder : Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd. Country : UK

Ships built by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd. (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Ark Royal	5th September 1914	Renamed Pegasus 21st December 1934.
HMS Verbena	9th November 1915	Sold 13th October 1933.
HMS Aubretia	17th June 1916	Sold October 1922
HMS Ivy	31st October 1917	Sold February 1920
HMS Gaillardia	19th May 1917	Sunk 22 March 1918
HMS Merry Hampton	19th December 1918	Renamed Herald February 1923 and converted to Survey Vessel. Scuttled February 1942 at Seletar, Singapore then salvaged by the Japanese Navy and served as IJN Heiyo from October 1942. Sunk by mine 14 November 1944.
HMS Ormonde	8th June 1918	Survey vessel March 1924, sold for breaking August 1937
HMS Herald *	February 1923	Launched as Merry Hampton 19th December 1918. Renamed (ex - Merry Hampton) February 1923. Converted to Survey Vessel. Scuttled February 1942.
HMS Pegasus *	21st December 1934	Renamed (ex - Ark Royal) 21st December 1934. Sold privately (Anita I) 18th October 1946.
HMS Barbarian	21st October 1937	Sold 1946
HMS Barbette	15th December 1937	Transferred to Turkey March 1941
HMS Falconet	5th December 1938	Sold 1958
HMS Barbican	14th March 1938	Scrapped 1968
HMS Barbrook	28th May 1938
HMS Barcastle	23rd August 1938
HMS Bownet	19th January 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Barnehurst	21st October 1939	Scrapped October 1964
HMS Barnstone	25th November 1939	Scrapped 1969
HMS Bayonet	8th November 1939	Lost 21 December 1939, sunk by mine in Firth of Forth
HMS Burgonet	14th March 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Signet	3rd May 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Dragonet	2nd June 1939	Sold 1961
HMS Barbain	9th January 1940	Sold July 1971
HMS Barmill	16th October 1940	Sold 1958
HMS Peterhead	31st October 1940	Struck mine 1944, constructive total loss, sold May 1948
HMS Barcote	8th February 1940	Scrapped April 1963
HMS Anemone	22nd April 1940	Sold November 1949
HMS Barlake	16th September 1940	Sold 1963
HMS Blyth	2nd September 1940	Sold privately (Radbourne) 25th May 1948.
HMS Barcross	21st October 1941	Transferred to South African Navy 1951, renamed Somerset
HMS Brixham	21st November 1941	Sold for scrap 7th July 1948.
HMS Cromarty	24th February 1941	Sunk 23rd October 1943.
HMS Barbour	9th April 1941
HMS Dunbar	5th June 1941	Sold 1 January 1948
HMS Ardrossan	22nd July 1941	Sold 1 January 1948
HMS Barclose	9th July 1941	Scapped August 1962
HMS Barcock	3rd September 1941	Sold June 1962
HMS Bardell	12th January 1942	Sold 1950
HMS Dart	10th October 1942	Sold for scrap November 1956.
HMS Ballinderry	7th December 1942	Scrapped 7th July 1961.
Heiyo *	February 1942	Raised (ex-British Herald) February 1942. Mined 14th November 1944.
HMS Bardolf	14th April 1942	Scrapped January 1964
HMS Greenock	11th May 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy before completion, renamed Baluchistan
HMS Hartlepool	14th July 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy before completion, renamed Kathiawar
HMS Ribble	10th November 1943	Transferred to RCN on completion 24 July 1944, renamed HMCS Ribble
HMS Launceston Castle	27th November 1943	Scrapped 3rd August 1959.
HMS Brave	4th February 1943	1958 B.U. Dunston
HMS Fancy	5th April 1943	1951 Trans. to Belgium ren. A.F.DALFOUR Vernon; 1959 renamed NZADI - hulk in Congo
HMS Frome	1st June 1943	Transferred to Free French Navy 3 March 1944, renamed FFL L'Escarmouche
HMS Torridge	16th August 1943	Transferred on completion to Free French Navy 6 June 1944, renamed FFL La Surprise
HMS Knaresborough Castle	28th September 1943	Scrapped 16 March 1956
HMCS Coppercliff	24th February 1944	Laid down as HMS Hever Castle, transferred to Canada before launch. Sold 1946.
HMS Hever Castle	24th February 1944	To Royal Canadian Navy before completion July 1944, renamed HMCS Copper Cliff
HMS Loch Quoich	2nd September 1944	Scrapped 13th November 1957.
HMS Cawsand Bay	26th February 1945	Scrapped 5 September 1959
HMS Dundrum Bay	14th March 1945	Construction as Bay Class halted, completed as Dispatch Vessel, renamed Alert July 1945.
HMS Alert	10th July 1945	Laid down as HMS Loch Scarnadale, re-ordered as HMS Dundrum Bay while building. She was completed as HMS Alert an Admiralty Yacht. Sold for scrap 13th October 1971.

Ships built by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd.(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Alert	10th July 1945	Laid down as HMS Loch Scarnadale, re-ordered as HMS Dundrum Bay while building. She was completed as HMS Alert an Admiralty Yacht. Sold for scrap 13th October 1971.
HMS Anemone	22nd April 1940	Sold November 1949
HMS Ardrossan	22nd July 1941	Sold 1 January 1948
HMS Ark Royal	5th September 1914	Renamed Pegasus 21st December 1934.
HMS Aubretia	17th June 1916	Sold October 1922
HMS Ballinderry	7th December 1942	Scrapped 7th July 1961.
HMS Barbain	9th January 1940	Sold July 1971
HMS Barbarian	21st October 1937	Sold 1946
HMS Barbette	15th December 1937	Transferred to Turkey March 1941
HMS Barbican	14th March 1938	Scrapped 1968
HMS Barbour	9th April 1941
HMS Barbrook	28th May 1938
HMS Barcastle	23rd August 1938
HMS Barclose	9th July 1941	Scapped August 1962
HMS Barcock	3rd September 1941	Sold June 1962
HMS Barcote	8th February 1940	Scrapped April 1963
HMS Barcross	21st October 1941	Transferred to South African Navy 1951, renamed Somerset
HMS Bardell	12th January 1942	Sold 1950
HMS Bardolf	14th April 1942	Scrapped January 1964
HMS Barlake	16th September 1940	Sold 1963
HMS Barmill	16th October 1940	Sold 1958
HMS Barnehurst	21st October 1939	Scrapped October 1964
HMS Barnstone	25th November 1939	Scrapped 1969
HMS Bayonet	8th November 1939	Lost 21 December 1939, sunk by mine in Firth of Forth
HMS Blyth	2nd September 1940	Sold privately (Radbourne) 25th May 1948.
HMS Bownet	19th January 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Brave	4th February 1943	1958 B.U. Dunston
HMS Brixham	21st November 1941	Sold for scrap 7th July 1948.
HMS Burgonet	14th March 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Cawsand Bay	26th February 1945	Scrapped 5 September 1959
HMCS Coppercliff	24th February 1944	Laid down as HMS Hever Castle, transferred to Canada before launch. Sold 1946.
HMS Cromarty	24th February 1941	Sunk 23rd October 1943.
HMS Dart	10th October 1942	Sold for scrap November 1956.
HMS Dragonet	2nd June 1939	Sold 1961
HMS Dunbar	5th June 1941	Sold 1 January 1948
HMS Dundrum Bay	14th March 1945	Construction as Bay Class halted, completed as Dispatch Vessel, renamed Alert July 1945.
HMS Falconet	5th December 1938	Sold 1958
HMS Fancy	5th April 1943	1951 Trans. to Belgium ren. A.F.DALFOUR Vernon; 1959 renamed NZADI - hulk in Congo
HMS Frome	1st June 1943	Transferred to Free French Navy 3 March 1944, renamed FFL L'Escarmouche
HMS Gaillardia	19th May 1917	Sunk 22 March 1918
HMS Greenock	11th May 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy before completion, renamed Baluchistan
HMS Hartlepool	14th July 1942	Transferred to Royal Indian Navy before completion, renamed Kathiawar
Heiyo *	February 1942	Raised (ex-British Herald) February 1942. Mined 14th November 1944.
HMS Herald *	February 1923	Launched as Merry Hampton 19th December 1918. Renamed (ex - Merry Hampton) February 1923. Converted to Survey Vessel. Scuttled February 1942.
HMS Hever Castle	24th February 1944	To Royal Canadian Navy before completion July 1944, renamed HMCS Copper Cliff
HMS Ivy	31st October 1917	Sold February 1920
HMS Knaresborough Castle	28th September 1943	Scrapped 16 March 1956
HMS Launceston Castle	27th November 1943	Scrapped 3rd August 1959.
HMS Loch Quoich	2nd September 1944	Scrapped 13th November 1957.
HMS Merry Hampton	19th December 1918	Renamed Herald February 1923 and converted to Survey Vessel. Scuttled February 1942 at Seletar, Singapore then salvaged by the Japanese Navy and served as IJN Heiyo from October 1942. Sunk by mine 14 November 1944.
HMS Ormonde	8th June 1918	Survey vessel March 1924, sold for breaking August 1937
HMS Pegasus *	21st December 1934	Renamed (ex - Ark Royal) 21st December 1934. Sold privately (Anita I) 18th October 1946.
HMS Peterhead	31st October 1940	Struck mine 1944, constructive total loss, sold May 1948
HMS Ribble	10th November 1943	Transferred to RCN on completion 24 July 1944, renamed HMCS Ribble
HMS Signet	3rd May 1939	Sold 1958
HMS Torridge	16th August 1943	Transferred on completion to Free French Navy 6 June 1944, renamed FFL La Surprise
HMS Verbena	9th November 1915	Sold 13th October 1933.

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

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First Added : 09:48, November 26, 2010
By : kc

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