HMS Brereton (M1113)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS St David.
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Brereton |
| Launched: | 14 May 1953 |
| Commissioned: | 9 July 1954 |
| Renamed: | HMS St David between 1954 and November 1961 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ton-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 440 tons |
| Length: | 152 ft (46.3 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Armament: | 1x Bofors 40 mm gun 1x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1x M2 Browning machine gun |
HMS Brereton (M1113)[1] was a Ton class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Launched on 14 May 1953, she was renamed HMS St David in 1954 when she became a tender to the South Wales unit of the Royal Naval Reserve, which later became HMS Flying Fox. She served as such until November 1961, when her named reverted to Brereton.[2] She continued in service after this, spending some time with the 10th Mine Countermeasures Division of the Royal Naval Reserve, based on Merseyside.[3] She was broken up in Bruges in 1992.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Sometimes misnumbered M1112 which was HMS Boulston, e.g. in Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk
- ↑ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 48.
- ↑ Beaver. Modern Royal Navy Warships. p. 87.
- ↑ http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_DETAILS/BRERETON_DETAIL.htm
References
- Beaver, Paul (1987). Modern Royal Navy Warships. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 0-85059-861-3.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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