HMS Activity (D94)

HMS Activity underway in the Firth of Forth, October 1942.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Activity
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down	1 February 1940
Launched	30 May 1942
Commissioned	29 September 1942
Decommissioned	20 October 1945
Renamed	Empire Activity February 1941
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944, Arctic 1944-45
Fate	Sold into merchant service as Breconshire, 25 March 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	14,250 long tons (14,479 t) fully loaded
Length	512 ft 9 in (156.29 m)
Beam	66 ft 6 in (20.27 m)
Draught	25 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power	12,000 hp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × screws
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	700
Armament	2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft autocannons
Aircraft carried	10
Aviation facilities	1 × lift, 42 ft × 20 ft (12.8 m × 6.1 m) 1 × catapult
MV Breconshire, 1958
History
United Kingdom
Name	Breconshire
Port of registry	United Kingdom
In service	September 1946
Out of service	April 1967
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 April 1967
General characteristics
Tonnage	9,061 grt
Length	512 ft 8 in (156.26 m)
Beam	66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Draught	Ship power=12,000 hp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × screws
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)

HMS Activity was an escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. After the war, she was sold into merchant service as the MV Breconshire, serving for over 20 years until scrapped in 1967.