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| HMS Messina |
 
Dates: 1945 - 1980 Built by Scotts at Greenock. Launched 27/4/45 as LST 3043. Named HMS Messina in 1947. Operated in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf and represented the Mediterranean Fleet Amphibious Warfare Squadron at the 1953 Coronation Review. 1957 detached to take part in Operation Grapple - the Christmas Island A-bomb tests. 15/5/58 returned to Chatham. 1/59 recommissioned for further service East of Suez. Converted from LST(C) to LST(A) in 1960 for service in a new Amphibious Warfare Squadron. On 7/7/65 Messina arrived Portsmouth to pay off. In 1969 it was transferred to Devonport for use as a store hulk. Eventually it met its end when on 13/10/80 Messina was towed from Plymouth to be broken up.
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Pictures of HMS Messina
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