Name: | MAGNET |
Type: | Degaussing Tender |
Keel: | 03/11/1978 |
Launched: | 12/07/1979 |
Completed: | 15/11/1979 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 344 |
Dimensions: | 950grt, 50.0 x 11.4 x 3.0(draft)metres |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines & electric drives, ESL-6-MGR type, 1650hp |
Engines by: | Mirrlees-Blackstone, Stamford |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | None |
History: | |
15/11/1979 | Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service |
12/1998 | Gardline Marine Services, Great Yarmouth; renamed SEA SURVEYOR |
02/11/2017 | Broken up |
Comments: | Allocated pennant number A114 |
1998: Lengthened to 58.0metres & converted into a research vessel | |
02/11/2017: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Recycling |
Above photo as MAGNET is copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo as MAGNET is courtesy of Andrew Harding
Above photo as SEA SURVEYOR is copyright of Stan Laundon
Above photo as SEA SURVEYOR is copyright of Richard Paton