HMS Stubbington

Ship: HMS STUBBINGTON
Pennant No: M1204
Laid Down: 15th March 1954
Built by: Camper & Nicholson Ltd, Gosport. Yard Number 798
Completed: 28th August 1956
Time to Build: 29 months
Commissioned: 2nd December 1957 for 108th Minesweeping Squadron (MSS) based Malta
Years Fully Operational: 25

Outline of Operational Career:

• 9-18 Dec 57 Passage to Malta
• 1958 3 Cyprus Patrols (95 days)
• 1959 4 Cyprus Patrols (132 days)
• 1960 2 refits in Malta totalling 8 months
• 1961-68 Exercises and Visits in Mediterranean
• 4 Sep –14 Dec 61 Deployment through Suez Canal to Aden and Karachi
• 20 Jan 69 Paid off for refit at Gibraltar, then passage to UK
• 16 Aug 69 Commissioned at VERNON as Sea Training CMS
• 1969-Jun 71 Training, Exercises and Visits in N. European Waters
• 26 Nov 71 Paid off for refit at Rosyth, then for 10th MCMS
• 26 Jun 72 Transferred to Tay Division RNR as HMS MONTROSE
• Jun 72 -1975 RNR Sea Training, Exercises and Visits
• 18 Jan 76 Paid off at Chatham for 18 month refit
• 18 Jun 77 Commissioned at Chatham for FPS based Rosyth
• 1977-86 Fishery Protection Patrols in Home Waters

Significant Events:

• 5-12 Jun 67 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt
• 16-21 Jan 68 Disaster Relief after Western Sicilian Earthquake
• 13 Aug 80 Salvaged MV ‘Mark’ off Isle of Man
• 7 Sep 83 Salvaged FV ‘Coronella’ off Duncansby Head

Paid Off: 30th July 1986
Disposal: 26th September 1989 Sold for break-up in Bilbao, Spain

VILLAGE

A town in Hampshire in the district of Fareham.

Mentioned in Domesday Book, but no recent history,apart from arrival of railway, recorded.