HMS Gifford

The NNS Bonny at the Nigerian War Museum
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gifford
Builder	Scarr
Launched	30 June 1954
Commissioned	30 June 1954
Identification	Pennant number: P3111
Fate	Sold in 1968 to Nigeria
Nigeria
Name	NNS Bonny
Acquired	1968
Decommissioned	1983
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Ford-class seaward defence boat
Displacement	120 tons standard 160 tons full load
Length	117 ft 3 in (35.74 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion	1 × Foden diesel (centre shaft) 2 × Paxman 12YHAX 550 hp (410 kW) diesels (outer shafts)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

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.