HMS Beagle (A319)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Class and type: | Bulldog class survey vessel |
| Name: | HMS Beagle |
| Builder: | Brooke Marine, Lowestoft |
| Launched: | 7 September 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 9 May 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 February 2002 |
| Fate: | Sold March 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,050 tons |
| Length: | 189.6 ft (57.8 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Four Lister Blackstone ER58M 8-cylinder diesel engines, 2,640 bhp, twin screws |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 42 |
HMS Beagle was a Bulldog class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy.
She was originally to have been called HMS Barracouta but her name was changed to HMS Beagle in honour of the ship which carried Charles Darwin.
She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine, to commercial, rather than military, ship standards at a cost of £53,000,000 at 2007 prices.[1] She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have wooden (over steel) decks. She served until 7 February 2002 when she was paid off. She was sold in March that year for £750,000 to a yacht company in Poole for conversion. In 2002 she was refitted into a four deck luxury yacht and renamed MY Titan. She is able to sleep 22 guests and accommodate 20 crew.
References
- 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. OCLC 67375475.