HMS Wintringham (M2777)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Wintringham
Namesake Wintringham
Builder J. Samuel White
Launched24 May 1955
Completed8 December 1955
FateTransferred to Australia in 1967
Notes Pennant number(s): M2777 / IMS77
Naval Ensign of Australia.svgAustralia
NameHMAS Seal
Acquired1966
Commissioned1968
Decommissioned1988
FateSold into civilian service in 1988 and renamed to TSMV Seal.
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-class minesweeper

HMS Wintringham (M2777/IMS77) was a Ham-class minesweeper for the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wintringham. [1]

She remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9 June 1966, arriving in Sydney as deck cargo on the merchant ship Gladstone Star on 29 July 1968. [2] She was converted into a diving tender by Halvorsens, renamed HMAS Seal (DTV1001/Y298) and entered service in December 1968.

Seal was decommissioned in 1988, sold into civilian service on 29 November 1989, and converted into the corporate luxury yacht TSMV Seal. Seal was holed while at sea off the Western Australian coast and was then purposely run aground at Hidden Island, Western Australia on 1 May 2003.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1960). Jane's fighting ships, 1960-61. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 47. OCLC   32592771.
  2. ↑ Lind, Lew (1986) [1982]. The Royal Australian Navy: Historic Naval Events Year by Year (2nd ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed Books. p. 263. ISBN   0-7301-0071-5. OCLC   16922225.



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