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.

VILLAGE

On the river Aire in Yorkshire, equidistant between Pontefract and Selby.

Mentioned in the Domesday Book

Formerly an agricultural community, greatly expanded due to coal mining in West Riding during 18-20 centuries.

No historical events recorded.