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Name: MAGNET
Type: Degaussing Tender
Keel: 03/11/1978
Launched: 12/07/1979
Completed: 15/11/1979
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 344
Dimensions: 950grt, 50.0 x 11.4 x 3.0(draft)metres
Engines: 2 x Oil engines & electric drives, ESL-6-MGR type, 1650hp
Engines by: Mirrlees-Blackstone, Stamford
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: None
History:
15/11/1979 Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
12/1998 Gardline Marine Services, Great Yarmouth; renamed SEA SURVEYOR
02/11/2017 Broken up
Comments: Allocated pennant number A114
1998: Lengthened to 58.0metres & converted into a research vessel
02/11/2017: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Recycling


Above photo as MAGNET is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo as MAGNET is courtesy of Andrew Harding

Above photo as SEA SURVEYOR is copyright of Stan Laundon

Above photo as SEA SURVEYOR is copyright of Richard Paton