HMS Brereton

For other ships with the same name, see HMS St David.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Brereton
Launched	14 May 1953
Commissioned	9 July 1954
Renamed	HMS St David between 1954 and November 1961
Fate	Broken up in 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	440 tons
Length	152 ft (46.3 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × M2 Browning machine gun

HMS Brereton (M1113) was a Template:Sclass2- of the Royal Navy.

Launched on 14 May 1953, she was renamed HMS St David in 1954 when she became a tender to the South Wales unit of the Royal Naval Reserve, which later became HMS Flying Fox. She served as such until November 1961, when her name reverted to Brereton. She continued in service after this, spending some time with the 10th Mine Countermeasures Division of the Royal Naval Reserve, based on Merseyside. She was broken up in Bruges in 1992.

References

• Beaver, Paul (1987). Modern Royal Navy Warships. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 0-85059-861-3.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.