HMS Fittleton
HMS Fittleton, originally named HMS Curzon, was a wooden-hulled Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy which spent most of her career in the Royal Naval Reserve. She was sunk in a collision with HMS Mermaid on 20 September 1976 whilst en route to Hamburg for an official visit. Twelve naval service personnel (eleven from the Royal Naval Reserve along with one from the Royal Navy) lost their lives, making this the worst peacetime accident involving the Royal Naval Reserve.
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HMS Fittleton
HMS Fittleton, originally named HMS Curzon, was a wooden-hulled Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy which spent most of her career in the Royal Naval Reserve. She was sunk in a collision with HMS Mermaid on 20 September 1976 whilst en route to Hamburg for an official visit. Twelve naval service personnel (eleven from the Royal Naval Reserve along with one from the Royal Navy) lost their lives, making this the worst peacetime accident involving the Royal Naval Reserve.
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HMS Fittleton, originally name ...... lving the Royal Naval Reserve.
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1952-09-15
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4.63296e+1
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1954-02-05
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*Raised and sold for scrapping
*Sunk in collision withHMS Mermaidon 20 September 1976
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Ship armament
*1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
*1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
*1 × M2 Browning machine gun
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United Kingdom
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Ship identification
Pennant number: M1136
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Ship laid down
1952-09-15
Ship launched
1954-02-05
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HMS Fittleton
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Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing on each of two shafts
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Ship renamed
HMS Curzon between 1960 to 1975
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