HMS Middleton

Last updated December 28, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Middleton after the Middleton hunt:

HMS Middleton (L74), launched in 1941, was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was scrapped in 1958.
HMS Middleton (M34), launched in 1983, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel.

In addition, one ship has carried the name HMS Lord Middleton:

HMS Lord Middleton (FY219), was a requisitioned naval trawler which served in the Second World War. She was taken over by the Admiralty in 1939 and returned to her original owners in 1945.

Another ship was known as RFA Robert Middleton:

RFA Robert Middleton (A241), was a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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HMS Middleton is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy. As of 2021, she forms part of Nine Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating out of HMS Jufair in Bahrain.

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HMS Middleton was a Type II Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy and served in the Second World War. Her role was providing support for minelaying operations in the Atlantic and anti-aircraft protection for the North Russian convoys. At the end of the Second World War, Middleton returned to Portsmouth having achieved no less than six battle honours during her brief four years of active service. She remained in reserve until 1955 and was broken up in February 1958.

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