Venturer-class minesweeper

The Venturer-class minesweepers were naval trawlers converted from fishing trawlers to minesweeper service for the Royal Navy in 1978.

HMS Venturer
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
In commission	1978–1983
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	392 long tons (398 t) full load
Length	120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) o/a
Beam	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)

There were 2 members of the class:

• HMS Venturer - originally Suffolk Harvester
• HMS St David - originally Suffolk Monarch

They reverted to their former names and owner in November 1983 and were converted into oil rig safety/standby vessels.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.