RFA Matchlock

NAV Matchlock

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Subsequent name:

Official Number

Class:                               Naval Armaments Vessel  

Pennant No:                               

Laid down:                       
Builder:                             Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
Launched:                         
Into Service:                     25 June 1946
Out of service:

Fate:                                  1973 Broken up at Briton Ferry    

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

Background Information: - One of a group of coasters which were not normally classed as RFA’s They are included here as the ancestors of the more modern ammunition ships. They were ordered by the Admiralty just prior to, during or just after WW2

Career Data:

July 1944                       Ordered

1946                                Launched by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth as Yard Nr 1129 named MATCHLOCK

25 June 1946                Completed at a cost of £27,705

1973                                Laid up at Pembroke Dock

1973                                Purchased by T.W. Ward Ltd for demolition at Briton Ferry

Notes:

1. Based at Fort WIlliam and at Chatham between 1949 and 1959