HMS Activity (D94)
HMS Activity (D94)
HMS Activity (D94)
HMS Activity was an escort carrier that served with the Royal
Navy of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. After
the war, she was sold into merchant service as the MV
Breconshire, serving for over 20 years until scrapped in 1967.
Contents
History
Royal Navy
Merchant Navy
See also HMS Activity underway in the Firth of Forth,
References October 1942.
History
Activity departed Sydney on 24 March, bound for Colombo for Name: Breconshire
duty ferrying aircraft from Cochin to Colombo. After the end of Port of registry: United Kingdom
the war, Activity was sent to Singapore to support the reoccupation In service: September 1946
of Singapore. She loaded ex-POWs and other passengers and
Out of service: April 1967
sailed for Trincomalee on 15 September. Activity arrived home on
the Clyde on 20 October 1945, and was then de-stored and placed Fate: Scrapped
in the Reserve Fleet. She was placed in the Category B Reserve on General characteristics
30 January 1946, and sold to Glen Lines on 25 March 1946 for
conversion to a merchant ship.[2]
Tonnage: 9,061 grt
Length: 512 ft 8 in (156.26 m)
Beam: 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Merchant Navy
Draught: Ship power=12,000 hp
Activity was converted to a Glenearn class merchant ship by
(8,900 kW)
Palmers of Hebburn-on-Tyne, and renamed Breconshire, entering
service with Glen Line in September 1947. She was the second Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines
Glen Line ship to be named Breconshire. She measured 2 × screws
9,061 gross register tons. She remained in service until April 1967,
Speed: 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
sailing from Kobe to Mihara for scrapping, arriving there on 24
April 1967.[4]
See also
List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
List of World War II ships
References
1. "HMS Activity" (http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/Activity.html). Fleet Air Arm Archive. Retrieved
23 November 2008.
2. "A History of HMS Activity" (http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ACTIVITY.htm). Royal Navy
Research Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
3. "HMS Activity (D 94)" (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3295.html). U-boat.net. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
4. "GLEN LINE FLEET" (http://www.red-duster.co.uk/GLEN11.htm). Red Duster. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
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