Venturer-class minesweeper

Class overview
Operators:	Royal Navy
In commission:	1978–1983
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	392 long tons (398 t) full load
Length:	120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) o/a
Beam:	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)

The Venturer class minesweepers were naval trawlers converted from fishing trawlers to minesweeper service for the Royal Navy in 1978.

There were 2 members of the class:

• HMS Venturer - originally Suffolk Harvester
• HMS Saint David - originally Suffolk Monarch

They reverted to their former names and owner in November 1983 and were converted into oil rig safety/standby vessels.

References

• 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.