HMS Hodgeston was a Ton-class

Ton class minesweeper

The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...

 minesweeper

Minesweeper (ship)

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 which saw service with the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 during the Cold War

Cold War

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. Built by Fleetlands Shipyard, she was launched on 6 April 1954 and broken up in 1988.

She spent many years attached to the 10th Mine Counter Measure (MCM10) Squadron manned by the Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Naval Reserve

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 (RNR).

Between 1954 and 1960 she was re-named HMS Northumbria whilst attached to the Tyne Division of the RNR HMS Calliope

HMS Calliope (shore establishment)

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 based at Gateshead

Gateshead

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Between 1961 and 1975 she was re-named HMS Venturer whilst attached as sea-going tender to the Severn Division of the RNR at based in Bristol

Bristol

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From the late 1975 to the end of her RNR service she was attached as sea-going tender to the Clyde Division of the RNR (HMS Graham) based in Glasgow

Glasgow

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. Until 1980 she was known as HMS Clyde (the traditional name for ships attached to HMS Graham). However from that year naming policy with regard to ships allocated to RNR Divisions changed and she reverted her own name during this period.

She was de-commissioned in 1985 following the acquisition of the River-class

River class minesweeper

The River class was a class of minesweeper built for the British Royal Navy in the 1980s, designated Fleet Minesweepers .-Design:The Rivers were built with a traditional steel hull to a design based on a commercial offshore support vessel...

 minesweeper as her successor as tender to HMS Graham.

Following this she spent time attached to the Fisheries Protection Squadron of the Royal Navy before being sold in September 1988. She was broken up at Bruges

Bruges

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by 29 December 1988.

She is the only ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy to date.