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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
MIDDLETON
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1984
27/04/1983
15/08/1984
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval Minesweeper
GRP Diesel
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Glasgow
1026
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 625 disp
60 m
9.85 m
2.20 m
Engine builder
Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd., Newton-le-Willows
Engine detail
2 - Shafts. 2 x Ruston-Paxman 9-59K Deltic diesel engines, total 3540 BHP, 17 knots.
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Royal Navy
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Hunt class, pennant M34
Remarks
Built in a dedicated GRP Complex at the extreme western end of the former Barclay Curle Drydocks site.
End year
Fate / Status
Disposal Detail
Passing Meadowside/Fairfields
Image courtesy of :
From Erskine Bridge
Image courtesy of :
At the Clyde River Festival 2008
Image courtesy of : David S
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