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HMS Aberdare |
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HMS Aberdare Laid Down : 1st January 1917 Launched : 29th April 1918 Completed : 3rd October 1918 Type : Minesweeper Class : Hunt Builder : Ailsa Country : UK Pennants : J49 Fate : Sold 13th March 1947. |
| HMS Aberdare, was built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company at its shipyard in Troon, Ayrshire. She was launched on 29 April 1918, and completed on 3 October 1918. Aberdare was sent to the Mediterranean Sea on commissioning, joining the British Aegean Squadron, but was paid off into reserve at Malta on 26 November 1919. In 1943 Aberdare was part of the 2nd M/S Flotilla based at Alexandria. During that year the flotilla swept minefields outside Mersa Matruh and other harbours in Libya, and off Malta and the south coast of Sicily. From January to September 1944 the flotilla was engaged in sweeping an inshore channel from Taranto round the heel of Italy and thence up the Adriatic coast as far north as Ancona. |
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December 1917 - Launched November 1918 - Based at the Adriatic 1st October 1932 - Mediterranean Fleet. Malta Based. In reserve 2nd September 1939 - 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla, China Station 18th October 1944 - Capt. R Newman in Command 18th October 1944 - Paid off after four years Minesweeping in the Mediterranean October 1947 - Sold | |||
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Last edited : 07:12, January 2, 2017
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