History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Brereton |
Launched | 14 May 1953 |
Commissioned | 9 July 1954 |
Renamed | HMS St David between 1954 and November 1961 |
Identification | Pennant number M1113 |
Fate | Broken up in 1992 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ton-class minehunter |
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; 17 mph) |
Armament |
HMS Brereton (M1113)[1] was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Brereton was built by the Lowestoft shipbuilder Richard Ironworks, and was launched in 1953 and entered service in 1954.