Shipbreaking - Young

[buggins]

This is a list of naval vessels scrapped at Sunderland since 1945
This would suggest that the vessels shown in the picture in the St Kitts entry are Poictiers with Cam and Impulsive astern.

name type disposal year disp date 1 disp date 2 disposal notes
Kellett minesweeper 1945 20/3/45 9/6/44 grounded in Swanage Bay, BER and ctl
Ripley destroyer 1945 20/3/45 14/4/45 ex Tyne
Cam Frigate 1945 22/6/45 13/7/45 CTL mine damage 22/6/45. arr 8/45 to bu
Impulsive Destroyer 1946 22/1/46
Poictiers destroyer 1946 29/4/46 ex builder HL incomplete
Wolsey destroyer 1947 4/3/47
Charlestown destroyer 1947 4/3/47 3/12/48 ex Grangemouth
Canso minesweeper 1948 1/1/48
Offa Destroyer 1949 3/12/49 13/10/59 ex P it Tradesman 10/10/59
Clematis Corvette 1949 9/49
U1171 submarine 1949 4/49 ex Lisahally, aka White Puma
Hans Lody Destroyer 1949 17/1/49 to bu from ? Portsmouth
Polruan Minesweeper 1950 6/50
Coreopsis Corvette 1952 22/7/52 named Compass Rose for the film Cruel Sea
Musketeer Destroyer 1955 3/12/55 6/12/55 arr 6/12 ex Chatham
Wear Frigate 1957 29/10/57 ex WH, i/t Tradesman
Redshank Trawler 1957 9/7/57 ex Malta
Allington Castle Corvette 1958 20/12/58 22/12/58 ex WH, i/t Seaman
Avon Vale Destroyer 1958 15/5/58 ex WH i/t Merchantman
Providence minesweeper 1958 17/5/58 ex WH i/t Merchantman
Chieftain Destroyer 1961 20/3/61 ex Chatham 13/3/61 i/t Samsonia
St Kitts Destroyer 1962 19/2/62 ex Dev
Agincourt Destroyer 1974 27/10/74 ex P bu by Kitson Vickers. Corunna arr 23/11/74 but moved to Blyth 11/9/75
Maddiston Minesweeper 1974 28/10/74 4/2/75 bu by Kitson Vickers

[Hornbeam]

Thank You for an interesting list Buggins, what an opportunity was missed with "Coreopsis" to preserve our own Corvette, it was always a bit sad to see other War Canoes being towed away from Portsmouth Reserve especially a vessel with an illustrious War Record, "Swords to Ploughshares" via BISCO with the mad rush to scrap under the scheme before it ended and the scramble afterwards for others to have a crack at the Reserve List when the BISCO scheme ended around 1960.

[buggins]

Kitson Vickers used the South Western side of Hudson Dock next to some coal staiths.

[Whickham]

This photo is from Shipsnostalgia, posted by Steve Gray on Feb 19, 2009 and is captioned HMS Agincourt & HMS Corunna. Looks like CORUNNA nearest the camera.

Photo courtesy of Steve Gray

[Hornbeam]

Maddison is another interesting one, a Reserve Queen by any standards, never operational in the RN it would appear? and like a number of others most of her mileage was done under Tow barring for Post Refit Trials, although another Ton held the record I believe for time spent in Reserve Status.

[creemaster]

CORUNNA was eventually 'broken up' at Blyth in the old drydocks
Very piecemeal affair and the urban myth was that there were bits of her and other ships in the drydocks when Blyth Harbour Commission kicked Kitson Vickers out of the yard
Regards
Graham

[Hornbeam]

Under the BISCO Sceme (who were the preferred Bidders) BISCO owned the vessels that were being scrapped and they decided which Breakers the vessel was going to for its demise sometimes altering the destination at the last minute which is why occasionally the Scrapping Records are wrong , the yields of Ferrous and non Ferrous the vessel gave was important and records of such were meticulously kept in regards to the Yield and the Labour costings to the Breakers, this was to ensure that scrap material was all collected and nothing F and Non F went out the back gate bearing in mind these materials were in short supply after the War.
Flat Plate was was the most desirable as it did not have to be reheated and flattened before use which is why large numbers of steel Landing Craft quickly disappeared from Reserve holdings.
When the the BISCO scheme ended and Independent Breakers dived into the bidding they didn't have to keep such meticulous records for a Third Party and it would not surprise me that a Drydock was left "untidy" as it was I believe on Tees, certainly the Fire Brigade were getting a bit fed up with being called out to fires!!
It would seem ridiculous today that the Wooden Packing Cases which Merlin Engines were in were considered to be more valuable than the Engines which were just dumped either in the Desert of North Africa or Quarries in GB.

[creemaster]

CORUNNA was broken up by Booths, not Kitson Vickers
Trying to work out where in my head, three or four years had gone as I remember standing on my bike, leaning under barbed wire to photograph her with my Minolta SLR camera
In fact it was not her but her sister BAROSSA
Getting old lads - getting old!!
Regards
Graham