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posted by [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com at 12:06am on 07/06/2010
Wellington is a sloop. It has a reciprocating rather than a turbine engine. This makes her one of the largest of the classes of escort vessels which were built in yards used to building merchant steamers. Slow relative to a destroyer with turbine engines I 'd love to see her though. I think very few corvettes/sloops/frigates from that era are still around.
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posted by [identity profile] hano.livejournal.com at 09:23am on 08/06/2010
Wellington was indeed an escort corvette. She was decommissioned by the RN in 1946 before being handed over to the Worshipful Company of Master Mariners in 1947 who have used her as their headquarters ever since, hence she's now HQS Wellington. And, a top place for a party :)
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