Ship: HMS JACKTON
Pennant No: M1152
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Built By: Philip & Sons, Dartmouth. Yard Number 1257
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Outline of Operational Career:
- 1956 Operational Reserve, Hythe
- 1961 Refitted in UK for Australian Navy & re-engined with Deltic engines
- 30th August 1962 Commissioned & renamed HMAS Teal
- 1st October 1962 Sailed from Portsmouth for Australia
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Disposal: Had chequered career for over ten years as trawler for shell fish in Australia, then diving boat in Mediterranean and West Indies. Bought by University of Near East in Cyprus c. 1995. For many years TEAL operated as Maritime Research vessel and training ship for Cypriot merchant marine officers. Retired in 2015, a special wet dock was built for her in Girne (formerly Kyrenia) in Northern Cyprus, where it was proposed to convert her into museum ship, art gallery and cultural centre. By 2024 no work on the conversion had been reported.
VILLAGE
On the western periphery of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire
No history recorded.
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