![]() Three sailors view numerous destroyers of the escort group B7, which are moored alongside each other after returning home to Londonderry, Northern Ireland from a patrol in the north Atlantic. Identifiable vessels include HMS Versatile, HMIS Godavari, HMS Vanessa, HMS Vidette and HMS Rochester.
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Name | HMS Ferret |
Commissioned | 9 December 1940 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1947 |
Fate | Decommissioned, re-established as HMS Sea Eagle |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Stone frigate |
HMS Ferret was a shore establishment and naval base of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, located in Derry. It was given a ship's name as a stone frigate.