Name: | WOODBRIDGE HAVEN |
Type: | Depot Ship |
Keel: | 02/05/1944 |
Launched: | 13/01/1945 |
Completed: | 19/10/1945 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1792 |
Dimensions: | 1652disp - 2407disp, 286.0 x 38.5 x 9.75(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (18.5, 31 & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 6 x 1 x 20mm AA guns |
History: | |
19/10/1945 | British Royal Navy |
12/08/1965 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Loch Class of Frigates |
02/05/1944: Launched as LOCH TORRIDON | |
Modified whilst under construction into a depot ship for coastal forces | |
Also acted as a depot ship for submarines | |
12/08/1965: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
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Above photo is courtesy of Mark Teadham
Above photo is courtesy of Mark Teadham
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Above photo, showing WOODBRIDGE HAVEN with her minesweepers, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo, showing WOODBRIDGE HAVEN with her minesweepers, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo, showing WOODBRIDGE HAVEN with her minesweepers, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum