HMS Bellwort (K114)
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HMS Bellwort was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during World War II.
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HMS Bellwort entering Victoria Wharf, Birkenhead during World War II | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Bellwort |
Namesake | Bellwort |
Ordered | 12 December 1939 |
Yard number | J1160 |
Laid down | 17 September 1940 |
Launched | 11 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 20 November 1941 |
Decommissioned | 1947 |
Identification | Pennant number: K114 |
Fate | Sold to the Irish Naval Service, 1946 |
Ireland | |
Name | LÉ Cliona |
Namesake | Cliodhna |
Acquired | 3 February 1947 |
Commissioned | 3 February 1947 |
Decommissioned | 2 November 1970 |
Identification | Pennant number: 03 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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After wartime service she was sold to the Irish Naval Service and renamed Cliona after an ancient Irish goddess of love.