HMS Belton (M1199)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Belton |
| Builder: | Doigs Shipyard, Grimsby |
| Launched: | 3 October 1955 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M1199 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| 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 Belton Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1955 at Doigs Shipyard, Grimsby.
Belton ran aground in the Hebrides in October 1971. She was eventually refloated 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 was not until 25 November 1974 that she was sold for disposal.[1]
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.
References
- ↑ Worth 1986, p. 81.
- Worth, Jack (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 4: Minesweepers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-12-2.
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