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HMS TRESHAM

HMS Treasham

Type/Class Admiralty > Inshore Minesweeper

Designer: Admiralty/Vospers

Builder: Morgan Giles

Year: 1953

Ship statusRegistered
Yard Number684
Original Sail NumberN/A
Known History

Job number 2372F.  laid down (w/e 23.2.53)

Launched 11th May 1954

Completed 10th November 1955

Sold 1966

ConstructionWooden Hull
LOA106' 6"
Beam21'
Draft 5'
Displacement120 tons
OwnerAdmiralty
Previous Ownership

1966 Sold to Reardon Smith Nautical College. Cardiff. Renamed Margherita II

1966 - 1964 Employed as Navigational Training Ship 

1994 Purchased by Vosper-Thornycroft and completelt refitted in company yard at Woolston, Southampton. Renamed Margherita.

1994 Employed as seamanship training vessel by AV Seawork Ltd, subsidiary of Vosper Thornycroft.

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