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MARGHERITA

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Type/Class Admiralty > Inshore Minesweeper

Designer: Admiralty/Vospers

Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd

Year: 1953

Ship statusRegistered
Yard Number684
Original Sail NumberN/A
Home PortNot Known
Known History

Built for the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Tresham

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

1966 - 1994 Employed as Navigational Training Ship

1994 Purchased by Vosper-Thornycrift and completely refitted in the conpany yard at Woolston, Southampton.  Renamed Margherita.

1994 Employed as seamanship training vessel by AV Seawork Ltd, a subsidery of Vosper Thornycroft.1

Further history unknown but now believed to be named 'Nathick'.

ConstructionMahogany planking
LOA107ft 4ins
LWL100ft
Beam22ft
Draft 6ft
Displacement136 tons
Thames Tonnage57 tons
OwnerReves Du Pacifique S.A
Previous Ownership

1953 - 1966 Admiralty

1966 - 1994 Reardon Smith Nautical College, Cardiff.

1994 AV Seawork Ltd

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