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HMS Kemerton (M1156)

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Name
  
HMS Kemerton (M1156)

Yard number
  
1517

Fate
  
Scrapped, 1975

Launched
  
27 November 1953

Namesake
  
Completed
  
21 May 1954

Class and type
  
Builder
  
Harland and Wolff

HMS Kemerton (M1156) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 November 1953 and named after the village of Kemerton in Worcestershire. She was put 'Operational Reserve' at Hythe from 1956 to 1962, before being sent to the Persian Gulf as part of the 9th Minesweeper Squadron. She was broken up in 1975 at Poole.

References

HMS Kemerton (M1156) Wikipedia


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