HMS ''Chilcompton'' was a of the Royal Navy built by Herd & Mckenzie and launched on 23 October 1953. She had the

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of a minesweeper - M1122. ''Chilcompton'' spent the first eight years of her life in the Operational Reserve fleet at

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before joining the 9th MSS in the Persian Gulf in May 1962, serving there until September 1965. The ship formed part of the Fishery Protection Squadron from April 1967 to January 1969. She was sold on 26 November 1971.Worth 1986, p. 88.

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* * Ton-class minesweepers of the Royal Navy Ships built in Scotland 1953 ships Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom {{UK-minesweeper-stub