HMS Beachampton

Ship: HMS BEACHAMPTON
Pennant No: M1107
Laid Down: 9th April 1951
Built by: Goole Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Yard Number 483
Completed: 30th July 1954
Time to Build: 39 months
Commissioned: 29th July 1956 for Vernon Training Squadron (VTS) based Portsmouth
Years Fully Operational: 27

Outline of Operational Career:

• July 1956 Joined Vernon Training Squadron
• 31 Jan 59 Paid Off for Deltic engine conversion
• 13 Oct 60 Commissioned for Vernon Training Squadron
• Jan 65 Refit. Ships company transferred to HMS BADMINTON
• 26 Jul 65 Recommissioned for service in Persian Gulf
• Sept 65 Passage to Bahrain to join 9th MSS
• 1965–71 Patrols, Exercises & Visits in Gulf Area
• 14 Aug 71 Passage to Far East with HMS YARNTON
• 17 Sept 71 Arrived Hong Kong. Conversion to Patrol Craft
• Jun 72 Joined 6th Hong Kong Patrol Craft Squadron
• Jan 85 Relieved by HMS STARLING(PEACOCK Class)

Significant Events:

• 3 Mar 66 Grounded while on inshore patrol in Straits of Hormuz. Hull damage
• Sept 66 Bahrain to Gibraltar for refit. Returned to Bahrain February 1967
• Jan 69 Bahrain to Singapore for refit. Returned to Bahrain July 1969
• 28 Sept 75 During RAS with USA tanker supplied with AVGAS not diesel
• 2 Aug 79 Typhoon ‘Hope’. First Lieutenant received CinC’s Commendation for exceptional seamanship during 3 hour berthing

Paid Off: 4th January 1985
Disposal: Sold to Acorn Shipping of London on 10th May 1985 for breaking up at Hong Kong

VILLAGE

5 miles East of Buckingham beside river Great Ouse, which regularly floods the area.

Name derives from the Saxon for "Home Farm by the Stream".

Recorded in Domeday Book

The village has a history of royal visits during 15 and 16 centuaries.