HMS Highburton

Ship: HMS HIGHBURTON
Pennant No: M1130
Laid Down: 21st January 1953
Built By: J I Thornycroft, Southampton. Yard Number 4154
Completed: 21st May 1955
Time to Build: 28 months (first Deltic Ton)
Commissioned: 21st May 1955 for 105th MSS based Harwich
Years Fully Operational: 18

Outline of Operational Career:

• 9th August 1955 Joined 105th MSS at Harwich
• August-September 1956 Escorted Inshore Minesweepers to Malta
• October-November 1956 Escorted Inshore Minesweepers to UK
• 1957 Long refit Chatham
• 1958-1959 50th MSS (Trials) Squadron at Port Edgar
• November 1959 50th MSS (Trials) Squadron moved to Portland
• 1st October 1962 50th MSS renamed 3rd MSS
• January-April 1965 Crew commissioned Carhampton in Aden Emergency
• 1972 In Reserve at Gibraltar. Commissioned for FPS in October
• 1973-1976 Fishery Protection Squadron based Port Edgar

Significant Events:

• 23 August 1955 Visited Copenhagen to demonstrate Deltic Engine
• October 1955 Suffered 5 funnel fires on passage Brest to Harwich
• 5th October 1956 Major Funnel Fire approaching Toranto
• October 1956 Withdrawn from Operation MUSKETEER

Paid Off: 3rd March 1976
Disposal: 20th February 1978 sold to Tees Marine Services, Middlesborough for break up

VILLAGE

Now part of Kirkburton, 5 miles South East of Huddersfield.

Mentioned in Domesday Book as Bertone. Given an iron age settlement in Kirkburton, it is considered that both villages merged, centered on an ancient temple during the middle ages.