Three ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''St David'', after
Saint David
Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...
,
patron saint
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of
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
:
* was a 54-gun
fourth rate launched in 1667. She foundered in 1690, was raised in 1691 and hulked, and finally sold in 1713
* HMS ''St David'' is the name given to a number of tenders of the south Wales
oyal Naval Reserveunit, later HMS Cambria (shore establishment).
** Motor minesweeper ''233'' was HMS ''St David'' between 1948 and 1956
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HMS ''Brereton'' (M1112) was HMS ''St David'' between 1954 and 1961
**
HMS ''Crichton'' (M1124) was HMS ''St David'' between 1961 and 1976
* It has been suggested that a 1920s ultimately not ordered could have been named HMS ''St David''
* was a converted
minesweeper launched in 1972 as the
commercial trawler ''Suffolk Monarch''. She was converted and commissioned into service as the tender to the South Wales Division
RNR in 1978 and was the test-bed for the Deep-Armed Team Sweep (DATS) concept, which eventually saw fruition in the River-class MSF. Following her de-commissioning, she was returned to her original owner in 1983, where she was converted into an oil rig safety/standby vessel.
References
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Royal Navy ship names