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Pickersgill, Sunderland

Builder : Pickersgill, Sunderland Country : UK

Ships built by Pickersgill, Sunderland (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Leeds Castle	12th October 1943	Scrapped 5 June 1958
HMS Morpeth Castle	26th November 1943	Scrapped 9th August 1960.
HMS Nunney Castle	26th January 1944	To RCN before completion in October 1944, renamed HMCS Bowmanville
HMS Largo Bay	3rd October 1944	Scrapped 11th July 1958.
HMS Morecambe Bay	1st November 1944	Sold to Portugal (Dom Francisco De Almedia) 9th May 1961. Scrapped 1970.
HMS LST3033	11th February 1945	Civilian (Empire Shearwater) 1956. Subsequently scrapped 16th November 1962.
HMS Luce Bay	12th April 1945	Completed as Survey Vessel, renamed Dalrymple September 1949
HMS Mounts Bay	8th June 1945	Sold to Portugal 1961, renamed NRP Vasco da Gama
HMS Pegwell Bay	24th September 1945	Completed as Survey Vessel, renamed Cook 15 December 1947.
HMS Cook *	15th December 1947	Renamed (ex - Pegwell Bay) 15th December 1947. Sold 2nd April 1968.
HMS Kedleston	21st December 1953	Renamed Northumbria January 1955.
HMS Kellington	12th October 1954	Broken up at Stockton on Tees 2009
HMS Kedleston *	1955	Renamed (ex - Northumbria) 1955. Scrapped 20th April 1992.
HMS Northumbria *	January 1955	Renamed (ex - Kedleston) January 1955. Renamed Kedleston 1955.
HMS Yarnton	26th March 1956	Sold 1986
Dom Francisco De Almedia *	9th May 1961	Purchased from UK (ex - Morecambe Bay) 9th May 1961. Discarded 7th September 1970.

Ships built by Pickersgill, Sunderland(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Cook *	15th December 1947	Renamed (ex - Pegwell Bay) 15th December 1947. Sold 2nd April 1968.
Dom Francisco De Almedia *	9th May 1961	Purchased from UK (ex - Morecambe Bay) 9th May 1961. Discarded 7th September 1970.
HMS Kedleston	21st December 1953	Renamed Northumbria January 1955.
HMS Kedleston *	1955	Renamed (ex - Northumbria) 1955. Scrapped 20th April 1992.
HMS Kellington	12th October 1954	Broken up at Stockton on Tees 2009
HMS Largo Bay	3rd October 1944	Scrapped 11th July 1958.
HMS Leeds Castle	12th October 1943	Scrapped 5 June 1958
HMS LST3033	11th February 1945	Civilian (Empire Shearwater) 1956. Subsequently scrapped 16th November 1962.
HMS Luce Bay	12th April 1945	Completed as Survey Vessel, renamed Dalrymple September 1949
HMS Morecambe Bay	1st November 1944	Sold to Portugal (Dom Francisco De Almedia) 9th May 1961. Scrapped 1970.
HMS Morpeth Castle	26th November 1943	Scrapped 9th August 1960.
HMS Mounts Bay	8th June 1945	Sold to Portugal 1961, renamed NRP Vasco da Gama
HMS Northumbria *	January 1955	Renamed (ex - Kedleston) January 1955. Renamed Kedleston 1955.
HMS Nunney Castle	26th January 1944	To RCN before completion in October 1944, renamed HMCS Bowmanville
HMS Pegwell Bay	24th September 1945	Completed as Survey Vessel, renamed Cook 15 December 1947.
HMS Yarnton	26th March 1956	Sold 1986

* - Represents a ship built here which later changed to this name or role.

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First Added : 20:46, December 28, 2010
By : jbryce1437

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