Wartime Builds Chart

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The Morgan Giles shipyard  built over 100 vessels during the second world war.

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Evacuation of Tolbruk 1942

Two Morgan Giles HDMLs were captured by German Forces during the evacuation of Tolbruk in 1942.

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The engine running on The Margherita (HMS Tresham)

Two Minesweepers were built by Morgan Giles in the 1950s as part of a NATO programme to counter mines, which it was believed would be laid by the Soviet Union in western European coastal and inshore waters in the event of a war.

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The Morgan Giles Register

PEGASUS

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Type/Class Admiralty > Seamanship Training Craft

Designer: F. C. Morgan Giles

Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd

Year: 1959

Ship statusNot registered
Yard Number716
Original Sail Number1123
Home PortSolent
Known History

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ConstructionTeak planking on Oak
LOA12.95m (42ft 6ins)
LWL9.30m (30ft 6ins)
Beam2.89m (9ft 6ins)
Draft 2.1m (6ft 10ins)
Displacement14000kg (30864lbs)
Thames Tonnage13 tons
OwnerClassic Sail
Previous Ownership

Admiralty - Sail Training Ship based in Dartmouth 1959 to 1983

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