HMS Sefton

Ship: HMS SEFTON
Pennant No: M1178
Laid Down: 18th May 1953
Built by: Whites Shipyard Ltd, Southampton
Completed: 28th June 1955
Time to Build: 25 months
Commissioned: 18th July 1955 as Senior Officer 108th Minesweeping Squadron (MSS) based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 3

Outline of Operational Career:

• 9-20 Sep 55 Passage to Malta with 108th MSS
• 30 Sep-19 Dec 55 First Cyprus Patrol (75 Days on patrol)
• 10 Feb-30 Mar 56 2nd Cyprus Patrol (40 Days on patrol)
• 24 Nov-20 Dec 56 3rd Cyprus Patrol (26 Days on patrol)
• 22 Feb-29 Mar 57 4th Cyprus Patrol (36 days on patrol
• 30 Apr-25 May 57 5th Cyprus Patrol (26 days on patrol)
• 5 Jul-29 Jul 57 6th Cyprus Patrol (25 days on patrol)
• Aug 58 Paid off Malta. Crew UK to commission HOUGHTON
• 1959-64 Towed to ADEN for Reserve
• 20 Oct 64 Recommissioned for passage to UK for Refit

Significant Events:

• 31 Oct-21 Nov 56 Took part in Operation MUSKETEER Docking in FS FOUDRE to change propellers Led sweeping force down canal to 33 km mark - proceeded furthest south before UN took over.

Paid Off: 30th November 1964
Disposal: 2nd July 1968 Sold to CH Rugg. Transferred to Bakkerzonen, Bruges for break up

VILLAGE
On Merseyside, near Maghull.

Name derives from Norse "Sef" meaning rushes

During Anglo Saxon times, the area of the Wirral and banks of the Mersey were often occupied by Norsemen displaced from Ireland, Dublin being a Viking settlement.

Sefton Hall was a Royalist stronghold during the Civil War and site of a skirmish in which the Roundheads were defeated.

No recent history.