HMS Nith (K215)

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HMS Nith during WWII
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Nith
NamesakeRiver Nith
BuilderHenry Robb Ltd., Leith
Laid down5 September 1941
Launched25 September 1942
Commissioned16 February 1943
FateSold to Egyptian Navy in 1948
History
Republic of Egypt
NameDomiat
NamesakeDamietta
Commissioned1948
FateSunk 31 October 1956
General characteristics As built
Displacement
  • 1,370 long tons (1,392 t)
  • 1,830 long tons (1,859 t) (deep load)
Length
  • 283 ft (86.3 m) p/p
  • 301.25 ft (91.8 m) o/a
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m); 13 ft (4.0 m) (deep load)
Propulsion2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts,
kW
)
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (turbine ships)
Range7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) with; 440 long tons (447 t) oil fuel
Complement107
Armament

HMS Nith was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1948, she was transferred to the Egyptian Navy and given the name Domiat.

World War II

During the war, the ship served in Normandy, India, the Far East, and in the Reserve Fleet at Harwich, England.[1]

Having failed her sea trials due to lack of speed, HMS Nith was prepared as a Brigade headquarters ship for the

Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier to Gold Beach
- Jig Green.

HMS Nith was then detailed with the task of coordinating landing ships going ashore off

Courseulles
, and as a result of craft not being able to identify her, the Nith had her bridge painted orange.

On being stationed offshore, a crewman from the Nith recollects seeing a German mini-sub moored to a British minesweeper aft of HMS Nith. The mini-sub still contained the dead pilot in its cockpit, with a shell hole through the mini-sub canopy clearly visible. Subsequent efforts to trace the history of this mini-sub have proved fruitless.[citation needed]

On the night of 23 / 24 June 1944, HMS Nith was attacked by a

buried at sea, with a tenth succumbing to his wounds shortly after. This tenth casualty being buried in Hollybrook CWGC cemetery in Southampton. An American hospital ship took off the twenty six wounded and the Nith was then towed back to Whites shipyard at Cowes on the Isle of Wight
for repairs.

HMS Nith was then sent to the Far East theatre, where on occasion she transported Japanese PoWs. HMS Nith took part in the

fleet review undertaken by Lord Mountbatten
in 1945. HMS Nith can be seen in a newsreel of the review, (obtainable from IWM).

In 1948, she was transferred to the Egyptian Navy and given the name Domiat.

Sinking

As part of the

HMS Newfoundland challenged and engaged the Egyptian frigate Domiat, reducing it to a burning hulk in a brief gun battle. The Egyptian warship was then sunk by escorting destroyer HMS Diana, with 69 surviving Egyptian sailors rescued.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "HMS Nith - Yard No 327 - River Class Frigate". The Loftsman. leithshipyards. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ Pimlott – editor British Military Operations, 1945–1984 London: Guild Publishing 1984 p. 78
  3. ^ "The War at Sea". 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

Bibliography

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