HMS FORTH

HMS FORTH
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 555

Launched: Thursday, 11/08/1938
Built: 1938
Ship Type: Submarine Depot Ship
Ship's Role: Submarine Depot Ship
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 25/07/1985

Remarks: Served Dundee / Rosyth / Holy Loch / Halifax NS and from January 1942 Holy Loch until 1946. Rothesay to 1947. Then to Med inc. HQ Ship and Comms for Suez clearance. 1966 to Singapore returning to Devonort 1971. Renamed Defiance at Fleet Maintenance Base Devonport
Scrapped Kingsnorth on the Medway

Previous update by Stuart Cameron, Colin Campbell
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph

Last updated: by Brian Hargreaves from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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