HMS Dufton

Ship: HMS DUFTON
Pennant No: M1145
Laid Down: 3rd July 1953  
Built By: Goole Shipbuilders, Goole. Yard Number 492
Completed: 29th July 1955
Time to Build: 25 months
Commissioned: September 1955 for 108th MSS based at Malta
Years Fully Operational: 8

Outline of Operational Career:

Significant Events:

Paid Off:12th April 1969
Disposal: June 1977 For breakup at Ligura Marine, Sittingbourne

VILLAGE

In Eden Valley, Cumbria. Name derives from Saxon for "Doves Farmstead". 

First recorded in 1289, became a centre for lead mining in 18 and 19 centuaries,

Still an agricultural area but tourism via Pennine Way and YHA now augment the economy.