Ton-class minesweeper

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The Ton class minesweepers were Coastal minesweepers built for the Royal Navy during the 1950s.

Diesel powered vessels of around 350 tons displacement they all had names that ended with 'ton'. The class numbered somewhere around 60 vessels.

Armament was one 40-mm Bofors gun. Sweeping equipment was provided for moored mines and magnetic mines.

With the rundown of the fleet in the 1960s many were sent to become base ships for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve allowing reserve crews to get to sea for short periods without a lot of effort to organise a crew of significant size. Some of these had their names changed to reflect the RNVR Division they were attached to.

The RNVR vessels lasted longer than the rest of the class, but even they were out of service by the early 1990s.