HMS Kirkliston (M1157) [SEP] manufacturer
HMS Kirkliston (M1157)
HMS "Kirkliston" (M1157) was a "Ton"-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, built by Harland and Wolff and launched on 18 February 1954. In a brief episode from 1956 to 1960 she was temporarily renamed HMS "Kilmorey" and was assigned to the Ulster division Royal Naval Reserve (RNR).
Construction and design.
"Kirkliston" was ordered on 22 March 1952, was launched at Harland and Wolff's Belfast shipyard on 18 February 1954 and completed on 21 August 1954
Anthony Blackburn
Vice-Admiral Sir David Anthony James 'Tom' Blackburn (born 18 January 1945) is a former British Royal Navy officer who served as Master of the Household between 2000 and 2005.
Naval career.
Blackburn was appointed to his first command, the minesweeper HMS "Kirkliston", in 1972. He became Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1976, Executive Officer of the cruiser HMS "Antrim" in 1978 and Commander of the destroyer HMS "Birmingham" in 1983. He went on to