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HMS POLSHAM

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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

HMS POLSHAM