| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 255 |
| Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) and Fletcher |
| Ordered | 20 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 6 Nov 1941 |
| Launched | 7 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 2 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 7 July 1961. |
Commands listed for HMS Ballinderry (K 255)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edmund Fleetwood Aikman, RNR | 16 Aug 1943 | 15 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Ballinderry include:
10 Sep 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR) and HMS Foulness (T/Lt. W.E. Mercer, RNVR). (1)
11 Sep 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR) and HMS Odzani (Lt.Cdr. L.A. Sayers, RNR). (1)
3 Apr 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR), HMS Cyclamen (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Frogbrook, RNR) and HMS Aubretia (Lt. G.D. Fowler, RNR). (2)
18 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR). (3)
19 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR) and HMS Cyclamen (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Frogbrook, RNR). (3)
29 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR), HMS Cyclamen (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Frogbrook, RNR) and aircraft. (3)
10 Jan 1945
HMS Ballinderry (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Aikman, RNR) and HMS Kilbernie (T/Lt. C.T. Letts, RNVR) together pick up 51 survivors from the British merchant Blackheath that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-870 west of Gibraltar in position 35°49'N, 06°03'W.
Sources
- ADM 173/17928
- ADM 173/19337
- ADM 173/19345
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.