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HMS RAME HEAD - A134 - Escort Maintenance Vessel 8580 grt / 1944 blt / UK / 4906563 Anchored at Portsmouth Harbour September 1979 Don Smith Collection Notes:- Launched 22.11.1944 Displacement 8580 tons IMO 4906563 Refitted 1960-63 In 1963 became Senior Officers Reserve Ships OfficersReserve Ships,Portsmouth -
HMS Sheffield D80 - Guided Missile Destroyer and HMS Wilton M1116 - Minesweeper/Hunter On a visit to Greenwich,London - 1975 Dave Smith Collection Notes:- HMS Sheffield D80 Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer(Batch 2) 4820 / 1975 / UK Built Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd Laid down 15.10.1970 Launched 10.6.1971 Commissioned 16.2.1975 Sunk on 10.5.1982 HMS WILTON M1116 Minesweeper/ Hunter Ton Class Built Vosper Thorneycroft - Southampton Launched 18.1.1972 Commissioned 14.7.1973 -
HMS Upton M1187 Minesweeper / Hunter 350 / 1956/ UK Underway Thames - 1987 Dave Smith Collection Notes:- Ton Class Built by Thorneycroft at Southampton Laid down 1.5.1955 Completed 25.7.1956 Commissioned August 1956 Paid off 21.9.1990 Disposal 21st October 1991 Sold to Brugse Scheepssloperij for break-up. -
HMS Wilton M1116 Minesweeper / Hunter 450t displacement / 1973 / UK Alongside D80 at Greenwich - 1975 Dave Smith Collection Notes:- Ton Class The world's first GRP built hull warship Built by Thorneycroft.Southampton Laid down 7.8.1970 Completed 12.6.1973 Commissioned 14.7.1973 Paid off July 1994 Sold 2001 to Leigh - On Sea.Essex Sailing Club