HMS Belleisle

Vessel name on Arrival: HMS Belleisle

Original Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Englineering Coy. Ltd. of Govan, Glasgow

Original Yard No:

Official Number:

Vessel Type: destroyer

GRT: 2380

Year Built: 1946

Arrival Date: 02/04/1946

Breakup Started: 05/05/1946

Date First Beached: 02/04/1946

Date Breakup Completed: 25/06/1947

Draught For’d: 4' 6"

Draught Aft: 7' 6"

Name Changes:

Other Information:

Battle Class Destroyer              Pennant  I 88

 

10-11-1943  :  Laid Down

07-02-1946  :  Launched

01-04-1946  :  Disposed of for demolition

 

Sent down from the Builder for breaking – no longer required with the imminent cessation of WWII hostilities