Pennant number
The ship was ordered as part of the Second Emergency Flotilla on 2 October 1939, at a contract price of £404,046 (excluding government provided equipment such as armament), and was laid down at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's Govan shipyard on 3 June 1940, was launched on 5 August 1941 and completed on 22 February 1942 with the Pennant number G30.