HMS Glasserton

Ship: HMS GLASSERTON
Pennant No: M1141
Laid Down: 17th March 1953
Built By: J. S. Doig (Grimsby) Ltd
Completed: 31st December 1954
Time to Build: 22 months
Commissioned: 23rd February 1955 for 50th MSS (Trials) based Port Edgar
Years Fully Operational: 26

Outline of Operational Career:

• 16th March 1955 Joined 50th MSS at Port Edgar
• 1955–1959 Minesweeping Trials. Frequent docking at Rosyth
• 15th June 1959 50th MSS transferred to Portland as 3rd MSS
• 1961–1964 3rd MSS Trials of Osborn combined acoustic and magnetic sweeps
• 1964–1978 3rd MSS based Portland. MCM trials
• June 1979–January 1981 Joined 10th MCMS for London Division RNR, based at Chatham

         January 1981 towed from Chatham to London - Scott Steele

• Jan–July 1981 Static tender to London Division RNR berthed Embankment, London

Significant Events:

• December 1959 Badly damaged in a gale alongside at Gibraltar. Crew commissioned HMS Floriston in record time
• November 1972 HRH Prince Charles joined Glasserton for 2 weeks MCMS Experience while serving in HMS Minerva
• Spring 1981 Badly damaged in berthing incident at Ramsgate

Paid Off: July 1981
Disposal: 11th December 1987 sold to Pounds of Portsmouth then to Andover Shipping. Broken up by San Esteban de Pravia, Spain

 Present records are very sparse. We would welcome any information on Glasserton’s movements & activities between 1955 and 1979

VILLAGE

A small parish in Dumfies and Galloway on the Machars peninsula in South West Scotland.

The name may derive from the Saxon "Bare Hill".  Nearby  are the remains of a neolithic hill fort and several groups of standing stones which may date to 2000BC.