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TON Class Association

TON Class Association. Coastal Minesweeper Terrier of the Seas. CMS Facts and Figures. 152 ft Long, 28 ft Beam, Draught 8 ft Displacement 425 tons Two engines 15 Knots Range 2300 miles at 13 knots 4-5 Officers, 3 Senior Rates, 20+ Ratings Mine Sweeper & Mine Hunter versions.

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TON Class Association

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  1. TON Class Association

  2. Coastal Minesweeper Terrier of the Seas

  3. CMS Facts and Figures 152 ft Long, 28 ft Beam, Draught 8 ft Displacement 425 tons Two engines 15 Knots Range 2300 miles at 13 knots 4-5 Officers, 3 Senior Rates, 20+ Ratings Mine Sweeper & Mine Hunter versions

  4. Double-diagonal mahogany hulls, on aluminium frame Teak/Oroko decks Aluminium upperworks Twin screws, twin rudders Mirrlees 2500 hp or Deltic 3000 hp engines 1 x 40mm Bofors cannon 1 x twin 20 mm Oerlikon cannon * Wire, Magnetic & Acoustic sweeps

  5. Design conceived in 1949 to counter improved enemy magnetic and acoustic mines • Originally to be called after Insects, thenre-named after English villages ending in “…ton” • 117 ships built for Royal Navy – largest class • Used by six other navies • Design principles carried forward to current MCMVs

  6. Designed for coastal waters but served in every ocean except Arctic and Antarctic • – Canada & Argentina came close • Saw action at Suez (twice), Cyprus, Borneo, Persian Gulf, Northern Ireland • Used for Mine Sweeping, Mine Hunting, • Fishery Protection, Gun Boats, Piracy Patrols, • Counter-terrorist gun-running, Training, RNR

  7. German Minelayer with buoyant mines1938

  8. Royal Navy laying buoyant mines 1940’s

  9. German Magnetic Mine 1940

  10. BANG !

  11. Oropesa Sweep

  12. Sweepdeck – Tin Gear

  13. Launch Otter

  14. Oropesa Starboard

  15. Acoustic Sweeping

  16. LL Magnetic Sweep Float electrodes Otter 4 inch Buoyant Cable 3000 amps

  17. Magnetic Sweeping

  18. Influence Sweeping Acoustic Magnetic

  19. HMS Fenton - M1135

  20. Built by Camper & Nicholson - 5th of 8 vessels Launched 10 March 1955 Commissioned for 108 MSS August 1955 10 x Cyprus anti-terrorist & gun running patrols January 1956 – October 1958 Operation Musketeer Suez Canal November 1956 October 1958 – Running Reserve – Malta October 1959 Towed to Aden – Strategic Reserve (not arked until November 1961) December 1964 Returned to UK under own power May 1965 Refit suspended July 1968 Sold for breakup

  21. FENTON as Half Leader 108 MSS

  22. CMS s arked in Reserve Fleet

  23. Fishery Protection

  24. CUXTON & Polish Factory Ship on limit of Territorial Waters

  25. MFVs under arrest

  26. Gemini Salvage

  27. Refuelling at Sea

  28. Pirate Hunting

  29. Training – ship handling WOODBRIDGE HAVEN & Inshore Flotilla

  30. 104 [Blackfoot] Squadron

  31. Deltic Engine

  32. Hearts & Minds Patrols

  33. Mine Warfare in Iraq 2004

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