HMS Bronington

HMS Bronington was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953.
She was a mahogany-hulled minesweeper one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled naval vessels).
Originally commissioned as HMS Humber on 4 June 1954, the vessel was renamed Bronington in 1959.
The vessel was converted into a minehunter at Rosyth Dockyard between 1963 and 1965.
She was commissioned to the 5th Minesweeper Squadron, and then 1st Mine Countermeasures Squadron.

After being decommissioned from service, the ship was purchased in January 1989 by the Bronington Trust.
The charity had Prince Charles as patron, who had commanded her between 9 Feb and 15 Dec 1976.
For some time, the ship was berthed in the Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford Park, Manchester, England.

On 11 July 2002, she became part of the of the Warship Preservation Trust moored at Birkenhead, Merseyside.

After the closure of the Warship Preservation Trust, she laid abandoned alongside HMS Plymouth, in Vittoria
Dock, Birkenhead, and latterly in the West Float of Birkenhead Docks.

On 17 March 2016, HMS Bronington sank at her moorings.

She was never raised is still partially submerged.

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