Ship: HMS HICKLETON
Pennant No: M1131
Laid Down: 11th January 1954
Built By: J I Thornycroft, Woolston. Yard Number 4155
Completed: 24th June 1955
Time to Build: 18 months
Commissioned: 23rd July 1955 for 108th MMS based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 3
Outline of Operational Career:
- 9th September 1955 Joined 108th MSS for passage to Malta
- 20th September 1955 Arrived Malta
- 17th November 1955 Sailed Malta for first Cyprus Patrol
- May-July 1956 2nd Cyprus Patrol
- November 1956 Took part in Operation MUSKETEER sweeping in the Suez Canal
- November-December 1956 3rd Cyprus Patrol
- February-March 1957 4th Cyprus Patrol
- 1958 5th and 6th Cyprus Patrols
- February 1959 Paid Off in Malta. Crew to UK to man Burniston
- 1960 Passage to Singapore, Ferry Crew, for Reserve Fleet
- 10th April 1965 Commissioned as HMNZS HICKLETON for 11th MCMS
- 15th October-5th December 1966 Passage to UK via Suez Canal with Picton
Significant Events:
- 5th-6th November 1956 Operation MUSKETEER as Influence Sweeper
- 17th November 1956 One of three Tons to sweep Suez Canal to 30km mark
- September-November 1958 Short deployment through Suez Canal to Aqaba, Aden, Berbera and Djibouti during period of tension
- 1956-1966 Manned by RNZN during Indonesian Confrontation Patrols
Paid Off: December 1966
Disposal: 28th April 1967. Purchased by Argentinian Navy as Neuquen
VILLAGE
Now within the city of Doncaster. Records date to Saxon times but some claim Roman occupation, given its location on the old road to York.
No significant history.
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