Name: | TORRID |
Type: | Torpedo Recovery Vessel |
Launched: | 07/09/1971 |
Completed: | 01/1972 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 320 |
Dimensions: | 550grt, 44.20 x 9.72 x 3.05(draft)metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 16 RPHM type, 700hp |
Engines by: | Paxman Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willows |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | None |
History: | |
01/1972 | Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service |
by 1998 | C & H Heuvelman Shipping & Trading BV, The Netherlands |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Allocated pennant number A128 |
1991: Decommissioned | |
by 2002: In use as a fire fighting training vessel at Europoort |
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