HMS Brereton (M1113)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS St David.
History
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:

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

  1. ↑ Sometimes misnumbered M1112 which was HMS Boulston, e.g. in Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk
  2. ↑ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 48.
  3. ↑ Beaver. Modern Royal Navy Warships. p. 87.
  4. ↑ http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_DETAILS/BRERETON_DETAIL.htm

References

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