HMS Kellington

Ship: HMS KELLINGTON
Pennant No: M1154
Laid Down: 6th January 1954
Built by: William Pickersgill & Co Ltd, Sunderland. Yard Number 349
Completed: 4th November 1955
Time to Build: 22 Months
Commissioned: 8th March 1956 for 108th Minesweeping Squadron (MSS) based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 22
Conversion: to Deltic Engined Minehunter at Chatham July 1967 to June 1969

Outline of Operational Career:

• 24 Mar 56 Joined 108th MSS at Malta
• 1 Apr-18 Jun 56 Cyprus Patrol (3 periods with port visits between)
• 30 Jun 56 Left Malta for UK
• 11 Jul 56 Reduced to Reserve at Hythe
• 06 Jun 69 Recommissioned at Chatham for FPS
• 31 Jul 69 Joined Fishery Protection Squadron at Port Edgar
• 1969-1976 FP Patrols and Minehunting exercises
• 16 Nov 76 Transferred to Sussex RNR based at Shoreham
• 21 Jul-24 Aug 77 Deep Water Minesweeping Trials off Gibraltar
• 1982 Long Refit at Rosyth
• 1 Apr 85 Reverted to 3rd MCMS from RNR Service.
• 11 Jan-31 Jul 88 Attached to STANAVFORCHAN
• Jun 89-Sep 92 On loan to FPS

Significant Events:

• 17 Nov 73 Stood by MV CAP ANTONIO on fire off Dover.
• 4 Jan 74 Stood by drifting leg of Oil Rig in Storm Force 12 NE of Shetlands. Suffered upper deck damage.
• 30 Jun 75 Stood by FV ‘Blackendene’ on fire off Shetlands.
• 01 Aug 84 First RNR ship to win Plessey MCM Efficiency Trophy.
• 24 Feb 91 Stood by MV BREDON MERCHANT on fire off Sussex

Paid Off: 24th September 1992
Disposal: 1993-2007 Lent to Stockton on Tees Sea Cadet Unit as HQ Ship June 2009 Broken up in situ.