BETONY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1943
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'6"
Gross Tonnage: 870 ton
Gross Tonnage: 870 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001573
Keywords
Yard Number: 687
Subsequent Names: SIND (1945-46) PRASAE (1947)
Fate: Wrecked on Korean coast during a storm 7 January 1951 and eventually scuttled 13 January 1951.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Modified Flower Class Corvette
Owners:
1943: Royal Navy, pennant K274
General History:
26/09/1942: Laid down.
22/04/1943: Launched.
31/08/1943: Commissioned.
28/08/1945 Lent to Royal Indian Navy as SIND.
17/05/1946: Reverted to Royal Navy.
1947: Sold to the Siamese Navy, renamed PRASAE.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 4 cylinders of 18", 31", 38½" and 38½" diameters, 30" stroke. 2 water tube boilers (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1908
