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H.M.S. ST. DAVID, negative
¾ Starboard bow view of mine sweeper (No. M1113) H.M.S. ST. DAVID.
H.M.S. ST. DAVID. “Ton” class minesweeper (No. M1124) launched 17 May 1953 as H.M.S. CRICHTON by J.S. Doig (Grimsby) Ltd. Renamed H.M.S. CLYDE on completion in May 1954. In 1961 renamed H.M.S. ST. DAVID and attached to Naval Depot H.M.S. CAMBRIA at East Bute Dock, Cardiff. 1976 refitted at Rosyth Dockyard as a Fisheries Protection vessel and renamed H.M.S. CRICHTON. 1980 joined the first Mine Counter Measures Squad (MCM 1). She was broken up in April 1987. (Source - worldnavalship.com)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/3298
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Acquisition
purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 60
Width
(mm): 87
Techniques
Film negative (black & white)
Film negative
Negative
Material
Film (photographic)
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