For over 40 years the TON'S, HAM'S & LEY CLASS MINESWEEPERS have served the Navies of the World with Pride, but, eventually, age has caught up with them, and technology improved, so fast, that they have finally been replaced. A few have been preserved or designed for other uses, but the rest have met with their inevitable fate. Here are a few pictures from the 'Start' of their careers, and their eventual 'Sunset'........
   
HATCHED... DISPATCHED...
ALDINGTON  
  APPLETON
ASHTON ASHTON
BELTON BELTON
BILDESTON BILDESTON
  BLAXTON
  BOULSTON
  BRINTON
CHILTON CHILTON
CRICHTON  
  CUXTON
DARTINGTON  
DILSTON  
  DUFTON
EDDERTON  
FISKERTON FISKERTON
  FITTLETON
  FLORISTON
  GAVINTON
GLASSERTON  
  HICKLETON
  HODGESTON
  HOUGHTON
  HUBBERSTON
INVERMORISTON  
IVESTON IVESTON
KEDLESTON  
KEMERTON KEMERTON
  KIRKLISTON
  LEWISTON
MARYTON  
MAXTON  
  NURTON
  PUNCHESTON
  QUAINTON
  SHERATON
SINGLETON  
SULLINGTON  
  UPTON
  WALKERTON
WENNINGTON  
  WINDHOEK
  WOLVERTON
WOOLASTON  
   
RIPLINGHAM  
  UNKNOWN IMS
SHIPHAM
  BUCKLESHAM