HMS Bronington (M1115)

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Career (United Kingdom)

Name:	HMS Bronington
Launched:	19 March 1953
Identification:	Pennant number: M1115
Fate:	Preserved by the Bronington Trust and berthed at Birkenhead, England
General characteristics
Class & type:	Ton-class minesweeper
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 Bronington is a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper is one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled naval vessels).

After being decommissioned from service, the ship was purchased in January 1989 by the Bronington Trust, a registered charity, whose patron Charles, Prince of Wales commanded this vessel in 1976.

For some time, the ship was berthed in the Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. In 2002, she became part of the collection of the Warship Preservation Trust and moored at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Since the closure of the Warship Preservation Trust, she remains in storage, formerly alongside the Rothesay-class frigate HMS Plymouth, at Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead, and latterly in the West Float of Birkenhead Docks.

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Argentine Navy	Chaco (ex-Rennington) Chubut (ex-Santon) Formosa (ex-Ilmington) Neuquen (ex-Hickleton) Rio Negro (ex-Tarlton) Tierra del Fuego (ex-Bevington)

Royal Australian Navy	Curlew (ex-Chediston) Gull (ex-Swanston) Hawk (ex-Somerleyton) Ibis (ex-Singleton) Snipe (ex-Alcaston) Teal (ex-Jackton)

Ghana Navy	Ejura (ex-Aldington)

Indian Navy	Cannanore (ex-Whitton) Cuddalore (ex-Wennington) Kakinada (ex-Durweston) Karwar (ex-Overton)

Irish Naval Service	Banba (ex-Alverton) Fola (ex-Blaxton) Grainne (ex-Oulston)

Royal Malaysian Navy	Brinchang (ex-Thankerton) Jerai (ex-Dilston) Kinabalu (ex-Essington) Ledang (ex-Hexton) Mahamiru (ex-Darlaston) Perantau (ex-Edderton) Tahan (ex-Lullington)

Royal New Zealand Navy	Hickleton Santon

South African Navy	Durban East London (ex-Chilton) Johannesburg (ex-Castleton) Kaapstad (ex-Hazleton) Kimberley (ex-Stratton) Mosselbaai (ex-Oakington) Port Elizabeth (ex-Dumbleton) Pretoria (ex-Dunkerton) Walvisbaai (ex-Packington) Windhoek

v t e Ships on the National Historic Ships register in the United Kingdom

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Steamships	Cervia Duke of Lancaster Explorer Freshspring Gondola Great Britain John H Amos Kingswear Castle Lincoln Castle Lydia Eva Maid of the Loch Manxman Medway Queen Nomadic Robin Ryde Shieldhall Tattershall Castle Waverley Wingfield Castle

Motor vessels	Aberdonia Arctic Corsair Aguila Wren Balmoral Bluebird of Chelsea Havengore Helen Smitton H F Bailey III Jesse Lumb Lady Wakefield Lucy Lavers Massey Shaw May Queen North Carr Lightship Pyronaut Ross Tiger Sundowner The Second Snark

Royal Navy vessels	HMS Alliance HMS Belfast HMY Britannia HMS Bronington HMS Caroline HMS Cavalier CMB 4 HMS Gannet Mary Rose HMS M33 MTB 102 HMS Plymouth HMS Powderham HMS President HMS Stalker HMS Trincomalee HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior HMS Wellington

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Coordinates: 53°24′15.42″N 3°1′40.48″W / 53.4042833°N 3.0279111°W / 53.4042833; -3.0279111

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