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WILTON mine-hunter (1973)


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Wilton 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Wilton

M1116

4231 Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston 7.8.1970 18.1.1972 14.7.1973 sold 1994


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

450

Length, m

44.2 wl 46.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.90

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Napier Deltic 18-7A diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 45

Endurance, nm(kts)2300(13)
Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 inflatable boats, 4 divers, Sperry Towed Acoustic Generator (TAG)

Electronic equipment

type 975 radar, type 193M sonar

Complement

37



Standard scale images


<i>Wilton </i>1990
Wilton 1990


Graphics


<i>Wilton </i>1980 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Wilton 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

The prototype Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) minesweeper/hunter, and the first of her kind in the world. To test the new nonmagnetic material against wooden construction a copy of the 'Ton' class was built in GRP and equipped with machinery and gear stripped from Derriton before the latter was broken up. She was a great success, having weathered two collisions without serious damage.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1991 she was transferred to the Dartmouth Training Squadron.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.