| Name: | GREENWICH |
| Type: | Destroyer Depot Ship |
| Launched: | 28/11/1913 |
| Completed: | 07/1916 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co and Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 184 & 990 |
| Dimensions: | 4676grt, 3508nrt, 390.4 x 52.1 x 26.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42.5 & 70 x 48ins), 437nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1946: 181616) |
| History: | |
| 07/1916 | The Admiralty – British Royal Navy as HMS GREENWICH |
| 29/04/1947 | J & R Grant Ltd, London; renamed HEMBURY |
| 1948 | Cia de Cabotagem de Pernambuco, Santos |
| 1954 | Navegaçao Mercantil SA, Rio de Janeiro |
| 1955 | Renamed NAVEM HEMBURY |
| 1970 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched un-named and said to be for British owners |
| Subsequently purchased by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd as part of a proposed contract for the Greek Navy to supply a floating dock and a repair/depot ship | |
| 1915: Converted to a destroyer depot ship for the Royal Navy by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd at their Low Walker yard under their yard number 990 | |
| Armed with 4 x 1 x 4ins and 2 x 1 x 6pdr guns | |
| 1939-1945: Served as a destroyer depot ship at Scapa Flow to 1941 then saw service in Canada and Iceland before returning to the Home Fleet | |
| 1946: Converted back to a cargo ship | |
| 1970: Broken up in Brazil |
Above photo as HMS GREENWICH is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as HMS GREENWICH is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as HMS GREENWICH is courtesy of Photoship