NETTLE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date23 September 1941
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'7"
Gross Tonnage: 813 ton
Gross Tonnage: 813 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001562
Keywords
Yard Number: 676
Subsequent Name: HYDERABAD (1941)
Fate: Scrapped at Portaferry in October 1948.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower class corvette, Armament 1 x 4” gun, 1 x 20mm “pom-pom” A.A. cannon and 40 depth charges in racks. Fitted with minesweeping gear.
Owners:
1941-48: Royal Navy, pennant number K.212
General History:
03/08/1940: Ordered.
24/12/1940: Keel laid as HMS NETTLE.
23/09/1941: Launched by Mrs Amery, wife of the Rt. Hon L.S. Amery, Secretary of State for India.
1941: The vessel’s name was changed to HYDERABAD and from the available evidence, this was most likely before the launch, hence the sponsor being the wife of the Secretary of State for India and the picture’s caption.
23/02/1942: Commissioned as HMS HYDERABAD.
26/05/1943: With HMS TEST (Hall Russell Yard No. 765/1942), sank U.436 by depth charge in North Atlantic.
01/01/1948: Sold.
10/1948: Demolished at Portaferry
Notes: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, 4-cylinder triple expansion engine, 18½” x 31” x 38½” x 38½” with 30” stroke, 2750 i.h.p. by A. Hall.
Boiler 2 single boilers; diameter 16' 6"; length 12' 6" ; pressure (p.s.i.) 225
Single screw propeller.
See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&builder=2023&builder_eng=&year_built=1942&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&type_ref1=&propulsion=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&ref=52684&vessel=HYDERABAD
WW II Service (UB) - https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5570.html
Photographs in Aberdeen City & Shire Archive: - HR/2/7/329 – group of three photographs of launch party.
Configured for minesweeping in the Mediterranean, warp drum on stern and acoustic hammer on bow.
© Imperial War Museum, Catalogue Number FL6153.
© Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Acc. No. ABDMS 086637.
Right hand picture: - The gentleman centre is Sir Thomas Mitchell (Lord Provost) and on the extreme left is Mr W. T. Smith (M.D. of A. Hall).
