HMS Bronington (M1115)
HMS Bronington laid up at Birkenhead in June 2015 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Bronington |
| Namesake | Bronington, Wales |
| Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley |
| Laid down | 30 May 1951 |
| Launched | 19 March 1953 |
| Commissioned | 4 June 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1988 |
| Identification | Pennant number: M1115 |
| Fate | Sunk at her moorings in March 2016. Still partially sunk. |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ton-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 440 long tons (450 t) |
| Length | 153 ft (46.6 m) |
| Beam | 28.9 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draught | 8.2 ft (2.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines at 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) |
| Speed | Cruise 13 knots (24 km/h) on one engine. Max 16 knots (30 km/h) on both |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 32 |
| Armament | 1 x Bofors 40 mm gun |
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HMS Bronington is a former Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, named HMS Humber between 1954 and 1958. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the wooden-hulled naval vessels. Decommissioned in 1988, she was subsequently a museum ship, but sank at Birkenhead in 2016.