HMS Maryton

Ship: HMS MARYTON
Pennant No: M1202
Laid Down: 24th November 1955
Built by: Montrose Shipyard
Completed: 13th November 1958
Time to Build: 36 months
Commissioned: 20th January 1959 for 104th Minesweeping Squadron (MSS) based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 8

Outline of Operational Career:

• 19-27 Feb 59 Passage to Malta to join 104th MSS
• 1959 Completed 2 Cyprus Patrols
• Nov-Dec 59 Deployed to Singapore to rejoin 104th MSS
• 1960-1962 Exercises and visits in South China Sea
• 1963 Completed 6 North Borneo Patrols (av.3 weeks each)
• 1964 4 Borneo & 1 Straits Patrol
• 1965 11 periods Straits Patrol (each 2 weeks) and 3 off Borneo
• 1966 1 Straits Patrol and 2 Borneo Patrols
• Oct-Dec 67 Returned to UK round Africa alone

Significant Events:

• 8-29 Aug 62 Anti-piracy patrol off Borneo with CHAWTON
• Aug & Oct 63 Hit submerged log. Lost large areas of sheathing; Damaged starboard propeller 7 Oct
• 7 Dec 66 Grounded twice in 24 hours during Exercise off Sabah. Pulled off by MANXMAN . 5 month refit ensued [Rob Guyatt Dec 20] 

Paid Off: January 1968
Disposal: 5th July 1969. Sold for disposal. Broken up at Cairnryan