RMAS Magnet
RMAS MAGNET A114
Built by Cleland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Wallsend (Yard No. 344) and was completed in 1980
When it was established that the Ham Class Conversions were coming to the end of their useful lives the Royal Navy commissioned a study in to replacement Degausing Vessels. This resulted in the design and building of two vessels of the Magnet Class, RMAS Magnet and RMAS Lodestone. They are 828 tons gross register tonnage (GRT) and have a top speed of 14 knots. They measure 55m x 12m x 4m.
1998 sold to Gardline Ltd., converted to Seismic Survey Vessel (Length increased to 64 metres and GRT 1275 / DWT 545) and renamed SEA SURVEYOR
2017: Broken up by Van Heyghen Recycling, Ghent
Photographed leaving Portsmouth on 12 July 1990
RMAS Magnet
RMAS MAGNET A114
Built by Cleland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Wallsend (Yard No. 344) and was completed in 1980
When it was established that the Ham Class Conversions were coming to the end of their useful lives the Royal Navy commissioned a study in to replacement Degausing Vessels. This resulted in the design and building of two vessels of the Magnet Class, RMAS Magnet and RMAS Lodestone. They are 828 tons gross register tonnage (GRT) and have a top speed of 14 knots. They measure 55m x 12m x 4m.
1998 sold to Gardline Ltd., converted to Seismic Survey Vessel (Length increased to 64 metres and GRT 1275 / DWT 545) and renamed SEA SURVEYOR
2017: Broken up by Van Heyghen Recycling, Ghent
Photographed leaving Portsmouth on 12 July 1990