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H.M.S. ST. DAVID, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of H.M.S. ST. DAVID at Cardiff Docks.
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/2729
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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