HMS Essington

Ship: HMS ESSINGTON
Pennant No: M1134
Laid Down: 26th March 1953
Built By: Camper & Nicholson, Southampton. Yard Number 787
Completed: 18th May 1955
Time to Build: 26 Months
Commissioned: June 1955 for 108th MSS based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 2½

Outline of Operational Career:

• 9 Sept 55 Sailed from UK with 108th MSS
• 20 Sept 55 Arrived Malta
• 1955–56 Two Periods of Cyprus Patrol
• 8–15 Nov 56 At Port Said
• 21 Nov 56 Recommissioned at Malta as SO of 108th MSS
• 21 Dec 56 Last Ton to leave Port Said post Operation Musketeer
• Jan 57 Transferred to 104th MSS as Senior Officer
• 1957 Cyprus Patrols & Exercises
• Jan 58 Returned to UK. Crew transferred to HMS Walkerton as SO of 104th MSS
• 1959–1962 Reserve Fleet, Gibraltar

Paid Off: January 1958
Disposal: 3rd April 1964 Transferred to Malaysian Navy as KD KINABALU. Details of final disposal by Malaysia unknown.

VILLAGE

In South Staffordshire, 2 miles North East of Wolverhampton.

Remains of several moated houese from the middle ages have been found in the area.

The settlement was possibly destroyed by coal mining during the Industrial Revolution.

No recorded history