HMS Abastor
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Abastor |
Commissioned | 1 November 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 17 October 1945[1] |
Fate | Decommissioned and closed down[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Stone frigate |
HMS Abastor was a Royal Navy training establishment involved in the planning of PLUTO, the undersea pipeline that supplied the allied troops with fuel during the liberation of Europe in 1944.[1] It was situated at Tilbury, Essex.[1] There was another PLUTO training establishment under the name HMS Abatos at Woolston, Southampton. [1]
Abastor's nominal depot ship was the , a which took the form of a petrol-driven harbour launch.[1] It was in service as a depot ship from November 1, 1943 through til July 1945, which was when it was transferred back to being a harbour launch. [1]
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- Royal Navy shore establishments
- Royal Navy bases in England
- Military installations established in 1943
- Military installations closed in 1945
- History of Thurrock
- Military history of Essex