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HMS POLSHAM
Type/Class Admiralty > Inshore Minesweeper
Designer: Admiralty/Vospers
Builder: Morgan Giles
Year: Ordered 1955
Ship statusUnknown
Yard Number690
Original Sail NumberN/A
Known History
1960 Used in her intended drole as an Inshore Minesweeper by he Admiralty
1967 Purchased by the Port of London Authority and converted for use as a Survey Vessel and renamed 'MAPLIN' after a sandbank on the North Shore of the Thames Estuary.
1990 Sold and commenced conversion to a private yacht.
2022 Reported as named MV Maplin and converted to a houseboat. Purchased and currently undergoing refurbishment at St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea.
ConstructionWooden Hull
LOA106' 6"
Beam21'
Draft 5'
Displacement120 Tons
OwnerAdmiralty
Previous Ownership
1960 - 1967 Admiralty
1967 - 1990 Port of London Authority
