HMS St David (MO7)

History
United Kingdom
NameSt David
BuilderCubow of Woolwich
Commissioned30 November 1978
DecommissionedNovember 1983
Renamed
  • Suffolk Monarch (1973)
  • HMS St David (1978)
  • Suffolk Monarch (1983)
  • Britannia Monarch (1990)
  • VOS Monarch (2009)
IdentificationIMO number7234296
FateScrapped in 2011
General characteristics
Class and typeVenturer-class minesweeper
Length120 ft (37 m)
Beam29.2 ft (8.9 m)
Draught12.8 ft (3.9 m)
Installed power2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion2 x diesel engines
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement35

HMS St David was a Venturer-class minesweeper converted from the fishing trawler Suffolk Monarch for the Royal Navy in 1978.