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    Technical
	

	

	



    Official Number 161474 


Gross Tonnage338


Length133.7 ft


Built atStockton



PropulsionCoal fired steam






		

		

    History
	



		

    August 1939:
	Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.533).



1944:
Converted for wreck dispersal duties (P.No. 4.415) based at Penarth.


June 1944:Operation Neptune - Normandy Landings.  Assigned to wreck dispersal duties.


1946:Returned to owners.


1961:Transferred to Milford Haven as 
MILFORD ADMIRAL (M224)