HMS Hodgeston (M1146)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hodgeston
BuilderFleetlands Shipyard, Portsmouth
Launched5 February 1954
Renamed
  • HMS Northumbria between 1954 and 1960
  • HMS Venturer between 1961 and 1975
Homeport
  • 1954-1961 Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
  • 1961-1975 Bristol UK
  • 1976-1985 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • 1985-1988 HM Naval Base, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Scotland, UK
IdentificationPennant number M1146
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping in September 1988
  • Broken up at Bruges, Belgium in December 1988
General characteristics
Class and typeTon-class minesweeper
Displacement440 tons
Length152 ft (46.3 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
PropulsionOriginally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Armament

HMS Hodgeston was a Ton-class minesweeper which saw service with the Royal Navy during the Cold War. Built by Fleetlands Shipyard, she was launched on 6 April 1954 and broken up in 1988.[1][2]

  1. ^ Janes Fighting Ships. Blackman, Raymond VB. McGraw Hill Canada 1955
  2. ^ "HMS Hodgeston". military-genealogy.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.