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{{short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Navy}}
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| Ship caption             = HMS ''Kirkliston'' (M1157)
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| Ship country             = United Kingdom
| Ship flag                = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
| Ship name                = ''Kirkliston''
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| Ship ordered             =
| Ship builder             = [[Harland and Wolff]]<ref name=Tom>{{cite book|last1=McCluskie|first1=Tom|title=The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff|date=2013|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud|isbn=9780752488615|page=164}}</ref>
| Ship yard number         = 1518<ref name=Tom/>
| Ship launched            = 18 February 1954
| Ship completed           = 21 August 1954<ref name=Tom/>
| Ship commissioned        =
| Ship decommissioned      = 2 December 1985
| Ship identification= [[Pennant number]]: M1157
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| Ship fate                = Sold for scrap, 20 October 1991
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Ton|minesweeper}}
|Ship displacement=440 tons
|Ship length={{Convert|152|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{Convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{Convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=Originally [[MAN B&W Diesel|Mirrlees diesel]], later [[Napier Deltic]], producing {{Convert|3000|shp|kW|abbr=on}} on each of two shafts
|Ship speed=  {{Convert|15|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship complement=33
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60]]
*1 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]
*1 × [[M2 Browning machine gun]]
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'''HMS ''Kirkliston'' (M1157)''' was a {{sclass2|Ton|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,<ref name="conways47p541">{{Harvnb|Gardiner|Chumbley|1995|p=541}}</ref> was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] at [[Harland and Wolff]]'s [[Belfast]] shipyard on 18 February 1954<ref name="nn1">{{cite news|title= Kirkliston joins the '30' club|newspaper=[[Navy News]] |date=March 1984|page=2|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/198403|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref> and completed on 21 August 1954.<ref name="worthp77">{{Harvnb|Worth|1986|p=77}}</ref>
She was {{convert|152|ft|m|2}} [[length overall|long overall]] and {{convert|140|ft|m|2}} [[length between perpendiculars|between perpendiculars]], with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|28|ft|9|in|m}} and a [[Draft (ship)|draught]] of {{convert|8|ft|3|in|m}}. [[Displacement (ship)|Displacement]] was {{convert|360|LT|t}} normal and {{convert|425|LT|t}} deep load.<ref name="conways47p539">{{Harvnb|Gardiner|Chumbley|1995|p=539}}</ref> ''Kirliston'' was initially powered by a pair of 12-cylinder Mirrlees [[diesel engine]], driving two shafts and giving a total of {{convert|2500|shp|kW}}, giving the ship a speed of {{convert|15|kn|mph km/h}}.<ref name="conways47p539"/>{{#tag:ref|Later Tons, beginning with {{HMS|Highburton|M1130|2}}, completed in June 1955, were powered by two [[Napier Deltic]] engines, giving a total of {{convert|3000|shp|kW}}.<ref name="worth p77,97">{{Harvnb|Worth|1986|pp=77, 97}}</ref><ref name="jfs62 p282">{{Harvnb|Blackman|1962|p=282}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} 45 tons of fuel were carried, giving a range of {{convert|3000|nmi|mi km}} at {{convert|8|kn|mph km/h}}.<ref name="conways47p539"/><ref name="jfs62 p282"/>
Armament consisted of a single [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] anti-aircraft gun forward and two [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] aft.<ref name="conways47p539"/><ref name="jfs62 p282"/> Minesweeping equipment included wire sweeps for sweeping moored contact mines and acoustic or magnetic sweeps for dealing with influence mines.<ref>{{Harvnb|Brown|Moore|2012|pp=130–131}}</ref> The ship had a crew of 27 in peacetime and 39 in wartime.<ref name="jfs62 p282"/>
==Service==
On 14 August 1956, ''Kirkliston'' served with the Ulster Division of the [[Royal Navy Reserve]] (RNR), and as such, was temporarily renamed ''Kilmorey'',<ref name="worth p101">{{Harvnb|Worth|1986|p=101}}</ref> until replaced by sister-ship {{HMS|Alfriston|M1103|2}} in July 1960, when ''Kirkliston'' resumed her original name.<ref name="worth p79">{{Harvnb|Worth|1986|p=79}}</ref><ref name="conways47p542">{{Harvnb|Gardiner|Chumbley|1995|p=542}}</ref> From November 1962 to June 1964 she was converted to a [[minehunter]] at [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth Dockyard]].<ref name="nn2">{{cite news|title=Ships of the Royal Navy: No. 261: Kirkliston Ahead of the 'Hunt'|newspaper=Navy News|date=August 1977|page=5|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/197708|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="nn1"/> Her magnetic sweep gear was removed and Type 193 Sonar was fitted to allow mines to be detected so that divers could destroy the mine.<ref name="conways47p542"/> She then joined the 4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron at [[Port Edgar]].<ref name="nn2"/> From 1966{{#tag:ref|From 1969 according to Worth.<ref name="worth p101"/>|group=lower-alpha}} she saw service in the Far East as part of the 6th Mine Countermeasures Squadron based at [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="nn1"/><ref name="nn2"/> On 16 August 1971, [[Typhoon Rose (1971)|Typhoon Rose]] struck Hong Kong. ''Kirkliston'' and the other two minesweepers of the 6th Mine Countermeasures Squadron, {{HMS|Bossington|M1133|2}} and {{HMS|Hubberston|M1147|2}} took part in rescue operations following the Typhoon. ''Kirleston'' rescued 40 survivors from stranded ships, including the only four survivors from the Hong Kong–[[Macau]] ferry ''Fat Shan'', which had foundered off [[Lantau Island]], killing 88 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy ships save 250: 'Snatched' from the Typhoon|newspaper=[[Navy News]]|date=October 1971|page=17|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/197110 |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chi-pang |first=Lau|title=Major marine incidents since 1841: Chapter 2.3: Major marine incidents since 1951|work=History of the Port of Hong Kong and Marine Department |publisher=[[Marine Department (Hong Kong)]]| url=https://www.mardep.gov.hk/theme/port_hk/en/p2ch2_3.html#ref-4|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> In 1972 she returned to British waters, joining the First Mine Countermeasures Squadron, again at Port Edgar.<ref name="worth p101"/><ref name="nn2"/>
In 1973 ''Kirkliston'' was refitted at Gibraltar, and following the refit served for six months with the [[Firth of Forth|Forth]] Division of the RNR, being the first minehunter operated by the RNR, before joining the 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron based at Portsmouth.<ref name="nn2"/> From August to December 1975 she was part of [[Allied Command Channel#Standing Naval Force Channel|STANAVFORCHAN]] (Standing Naval Force Channel).<ref name="worth p101"/> In 1977 she was used to evaluate equipment planned for the {{sclass2|Hunt|mine countermeasures vessel}}s.<ref name="nn2"/> HMS ''Kirkliston'' was decommissioned on 2 December 1985 and was sold for scrap on 20 October 1991.
==Notes==
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==Citations==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63 |year=1962 |publisher = Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. |location=London}}
*{{cite book|last1=Brown |first1=D. K. |last2=Moore |first2=George |title=Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design Since 1945|year=2012 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-150-2}}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Chumbley|editor2-first=Stephen |title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
*{{cite book|last=Worth|first=Jack|title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 4: Minesweepers|year=1986|publisher=Maritime Books|location=Liskeard, UK|isbn=0-907771-12-2 }}
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