HMS Montford
Country of origin
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
BNS Vigilance was one of 23 boats of the Ford class of patrol boats built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s and led ship of Biafran Navy
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ford. This boat was named after Montford, Shropshire. She was launched on 10 October 1957 and sold to Nigeria on 9 September 1966. Renamed NNS Ibadan, she was captured at the declaration of independence of Biafra by independentists in Calabar. She saw action as BNS Vigilance during Nigerian Civil War and was sunk on 9 October 1967 at Port Harcourt.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ford. This boat was named after Montford, Shropshire. She was launched on 10 October 1957 and sold to Nigeria on 9 September 1966. Renamed NNS Ibadan, she was captured at the declaration of independence of Biafra by independentists in Calabar. She saw action as BNS Vigilance during Nigerian Civil War and was sunk on 9 October 1967 at Port Harcourt.
