HMS Gifford

HMS Gifford was one of 23 boats of the Ford class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. Gifford was launched on 30 June 1954. In 1968 the vessel was sold to Nigeria and renamed NNS Bonny. Bonny took part in the Nigerian Civil War and was decommissioned in 1983. Bonny is preserved at the Nigerian War Museum in Umuahia.

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NNS Bonny
Ford-class seaward defence boat, museum ship, seaward defence boat, preserved watercraft, Henry Scarr, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1954-06-30T00:00:00Z

1954-06-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1969-03-27T00:00:00Z

1969-04-22T00:00:00Z

1969 Defense of Umuahia

1969-12-20T00:00:00Z

1969-12-24T00:00:00Z

1969 Defense of Oguta

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1969	Defense of Umuahia	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1969	Defense of Oguta	battle	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Gifford	preserved watercraft, seaward defence boat, museum ship, Royal Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	National War Museum, Umuahia	National Commission for Museums and Monuments, military museum, architectural structure, museum	Wikidata