HMS Nith (K215)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Nith
Namesake:	Nith River
Builder:	Henry Robb Ltd., Leith
Laid down:	5 September 1941
Launched:	25 September 1942
Commissioned:	16 February 1943
Out of service:	Sold to Egyptian Navy in 1948
History
Republic of Egypt
Name:	Domiat
Namesake:	Damietta
Commissioned:	1948
Fate:	Sunk 31 October 1956
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,590 t (1,560 long tons)
Complement:	107
Armament:	2 x QF 4 in /40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII, up to 10 x QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III, 1 x Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector, up to 150 depth charges

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]

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

Sinking

As part of the Suez Crisis, on the night of 31 October in the northern Red Sea, the British light cruiser 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] Whilst rather tame by World War II standards, this engagement marked the last time a warship was sunk by another warship using conventional gun action. ^[3]

References

1. "HMS Nith - Yard No 327 - River Class Frigate". The Loftsman. leithshipyards. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. Pimlott – editor British Military Operations, 1945–1984 London: Guild Publishing 1984 p. 78
3. "The Night we Sank the Domiat". Sinking the Domiat - RRPedia. RRPedia. Retrieved 29 March 2016.