HMS Belton (M1199)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Launched: | 3 October 1955 |
| Fate: | Scraped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 440 tons |
| Length: | 153 ft |
| Beam: | 28.9 ft |
| Draught: | 8.2 ft |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines @ 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) |
| Speed: | Cruise 13 knots (24 km/h) on one engine. Max 16 knots (30 km/h) on both |
| Range: | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 32 men |
| Armament: | 1 x Bofors 40mm gun |
HMS Belton (M1199) Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1955. The Belton ran aground in the Hebrides in October 1971. She was eventually re-floated and taken to Greenock in Scotland but was found to be beyond economical repair. Although she never put to sea under her own steam again, it wasn't until 25 November 1974 before she was sold for disposal.
One of her sister ships, HMS Bronington, has been preserved and is berthed at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, as part of the former Warship Preservation Trust.
