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| HMS Cuxton |
 
Dates: 1971 - 1992 HMS Cuxton is a British Ton Class coastal minesweeper of 360 tons displacement. HMS Cuxton has a double mahogany hull on an aluminium frame and is powered by two Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 2500 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 32 including five officers and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3 dual-purpose gun; three FN 7.62 mm machine-guns and two Oerlikon 20 mm guns. HMS Cuxton was constructed in 1953 in Southampton but lay in reserve until 1975 and was scrapped in 1992.
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