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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| PETERSHAM |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1955 |
12/01/1955 |
09/03/1955 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Minesweeper
| Wood Motor Vessel 1 Mast |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Hugh McLean & Sons Ltd, Renfrew |
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4189 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 170 disp |
107 ft 5 in |
21 ft 11 in |
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5 ft 6 in |
| Engine builder |
Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester |
| Engine detail |
| 2 shaft, 2 Davey, Paxman 12cyl diesels, each 550 bhp giving 14 knots. (9 knots when sweeping). |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Royal Navy |
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| Other names |
| 1955 CAPUCINE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1955 Transferred to France under the US “Off Shore” Procurement program. Renamed CAPUCINE - M.782 |
| Vessel history |
| Ham class inshore minesweeper M.2718. Built with US funds and transferred to French Navy on completion as Capucine M.782. Later used as a tender with pendant A.738. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1985 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| believed broken up at Brest |
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Petersham
Image courtesy of : Rik Furnival
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