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Wilton 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Wilton	M1116	4231	Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston	7.8.1970	18.1.1972	14.7.1973	sold 1994

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	450
Length, m	44.2 wl 46.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.90
Draught, m	2.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Napier Deltic 18-7A diesels
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil 45
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(13)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 inflatable boats, 4 divers, Sperry Towed Acoustic Generator (TAG)
Electronic equipment	type 975 radar, type 193M sonar
Complement	37

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Project history

The prototype Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) minesweeper/hunter, and the first of her kind in the world. To test the new nonmagnetic material against wooden construction a copy of the 'Ton' class was built in GRP and equipped with machinery and gear stripped from Derriton before the latter was broken up. She was a great success, having weathered two collisions without serious damage.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1991 she was transferred to the Dartmouth Training Squadron.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.