Name HMS Brereton Fate Broken up in 1992 Displacement 440 tons Length 46 m Draft 2.4 m | Commissioned 9 July 1954 Class and type Ton-class minesweeper Launched 14 May 1953 Weight 447.1 tons | |
Renamed HMS St David between 1954 and November 1961 | ||
HMS Brereton (M1113) 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. She continued in service after this, spending some time with the 10th Mine Countermeasures Division of the Royal Naval Reserve, based on Merseyside. She was broken up in Bruges in 1992.
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