HMS Hubberston

Ship: HMS HUBBERSTON
Pennant No: M1147
Laid Down: 29th January 1953
Built By: Fleetlands Shipyard, Gosport
Completed: 14th October 1955
Time to Build: 32 months
Commissioned: 18th December 1964 for 11th MSS based Singapore
Converted to Minehunter: May 1963 to December 1964 at Chatham
Years Fully Operational: 24

Outline of Operational Career:

• January-May 1965 Work-up in UK Waters
• May-July 1965 Passage to Singapore
• 1st July 1965 Joined 11th MSS. 2 Singapore Straits Patrols
• September-December 1965 6 Singapore Straits Patrols
• January-August 1966 2 Singapore Straits Patrols of 10 days each, 1 Sarawak Patrol of 12 days, 1 Tawau Patrol, North Borneo 18 days.
• 1967-1969 Exercises and Visits South China Seas and Japan
• 25th August 1969 6th MCMS Transferred to Hong Kong as 6th Patrol Boat Squadron
• August 1969-September 1971 Part of 6th Patrol Boat Squadron based Hong Kong
• October-December 1971 Returned to UK round Africa
• 1st January 1972 Joined newly formed 2nd MCMS based Portsmouth
• 1973 Period in SNFC
• 1974-1984 2nd MCMS based Portsmouth
• March 1984-June 1985 Long Refit Rosyth
• 1985-1988 2nd MCMS based Portsmouth
• 1st January 1989 Transferred to 3rd MCMS based Portsmouth
• October-November 1989 Exercise TRIDENTE 89 – 3rd MCMS deployed to the Mediterranean

Significant Events:

• 24th November 1989 Collision with HMS IVESTON while unberthing at IBIZA

Paid Off: 21st February 1991
Disposal: 13th May 1992 Brugse Scheepssloperij, Bruges for break up