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HQS Wellington

HQS Wellington (1934) on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.

 

The Wellington is a Grimsby-class sloop launched in 1934 and commissioned into the Royal Navy. Before WW2, the vessel was stationed in the Pacific and during the war, it mainly served on escort duties in the North Atlantic. In 1947, the warship was decomissioned and handed over to the Honourable Company of Master Mariners which as operated her as their headquarters ship

 

HMS/HQS Wellington (1934)

 

Builder: HM Dockyard Devonport

Propulsion: 2x steam turbines

Lenght: 81.15 m

Beam: 11 m

Displacement: 1006 t

Vmax: 10 kn

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Uploaded on July 9, 2022
Taken on May 5, 2022