HMS Bridport (J50)

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HMS Bangor, sister ship of Bridport
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bridport
Ordered	6 July 1939
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Govan
Laid down	11 September 1939
Launched	29 February 1940
Commissioned	28 November 1940
Renamed	HMRAFV Bridport
Fate	Scrapped, 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement	605 tons
Length	162 ft (49.4 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8.25 ft (2.51 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 3 in (76.2 mm) gun 1 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers machine gun Mark III

HMS Bridport was a Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built at the William Denny and Brothers shipyard in Dumbarton in 1940, and was sold in 1946 to the Royal Air Force Marine Branch, where she became HMRAFV Bridport and served until 1959, when she was broken up at Plymouth.