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Name Official number Flag IMO
PROTECTOR    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1936  20/08/1936  30/12/1936 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Auxiliary Netlayer  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow   1672 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 2900 disp 338.0 ft  50.0 ft  11.6 ft   
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 9000shp giving 20 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
The Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Target towing netlayer (T.98).
1941 torpedoed.
1945 repaired.
1954-55 converted into an Antarctic Patrol Ship at Devonport, with a flight deck and a hangar, the “shed”, for two Westland Whirlwind helicopters  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1970  Broken Up 16/03/1970 
Disposal Detail
 
 

 

Protector 1927
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Protector 1953
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Britannia-Protector Leith Harbour 1957
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