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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.
Job number 2372F. laid down (w/e 23.2.53)
Launched 11th May 1954
Completed 10th November 1955
Sold 1966
1966 Sold to Reardon Smith Nautical College. Cardiff. Renamed Margherita II
1966 - 1964 Employed as Navigational Training Ship
1994 Purchased by Vosper-Thornycroft and completelt refitted in company yard at Woolston, Southampton. Renamed Margherita.
1994 Employed as seamanship training vessel by AV Seawork Ltd, subsidiary of Vosper Thornycroft.
Registered. Charity no. 1116204 Limited Company no. 5874265, Accredited Museum no. 996
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