RMAS Magnet (A114) was the eponymous Magnet class

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degaussing ship. She was completed in 1979 by

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Class

As well as the ''Magnet'', a sister ship, RMAS Lodestone (A115) was built by Cleland in 1980. The Magnet class was developed to replace the

Ham-class minesweeper The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers (IMS), known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. All of the ships in the class are named for British place nam ...

s that had been converted for degaussing. They are 828 tons gross register tonnage (GRT) and have a top speed of 14

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. They measure 55m x 12m x 4m.

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