HMS Hodgeston (M1146)
HMS Hodgeston was a which saw service with the Royal Navy during the Cold War. Built by Fleetlands Shipyard, she was launched on 6 April 1954 and broken up in 1988. Construction and design Hodgeston was ordered on 14 February 1952, was laid down at Fleetland Shipyard's Gosport yard on 22 September 1952, was launched on 6 April 1954 and commissioned on 17 December 1954. She was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal and deep load. Hodgeston was initially powered by a pair of 12-cylinder Mirrlees diesel engines, driving two shafts and giving a total of , giving the ship a speed of , but these were later replaced by two Napier Deltic engines, giving a total of . 45 tons of fuel were carried, giving a range of at . Armament consisted of a single Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun forward and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon aft. Minesweeping equipment included wire sweeps for sweeping moored contact mines and acoustic or magnetic sweeps for dealing with influence mines. The ship had a crew of 27 in peacetime and 39 in wartime. Service Hodgeston spent many years attached to