HMS Shoulton (M1182)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Shoulton
Builder: Montrose Dockyard
Launched: 10 September 1954
Fate: Sold for scrapping on 2 February 1981
General characteristics
Class and type: Ton-class minesweeper
Displacement: 440 tons
Length: 152 ft (46 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)
Complement: 33
Armament:

HMS Shoulton (M1182) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

She was launched on 10 September 1954. Shoulton was sold for scrapping on 2 February 1981 and was broken up in Blyth.

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