HMS Kemerton (M1156)

HMS Kemerton (M1156) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 November 1953 and named after the village of Kemerton in Gloucestershire. She was put 'Operational Reserve' at Hythe from 1956 to 1962, before being sent to the Persian Gulf as part of the 9th Minesweeper Squadron. She was broken up in 1975 at Poole.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Kemerton
Namesake	Kemerton
Builder	Harland and Wolff[1]
Yard number	1517[1]
Launched	27 November 1953
Completed	21 May 1954[1]
Identification	Pennant number: M1156
Fate	Scrapped, 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Ton-class minesweeper
Displacement	440 tons
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	33
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × M2 Browning machine gun