HMS Abastor

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Abastor
Commissioned:	1 November 1943^[1]
Decommissioned:	17 October 1945^[1]
Fate:	Decommissioned and closed down^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Stone frigate

HMS Abastor was a Royal Navy training establishment involved in the planning of PLUTO, the undersea pipeline that supplied the allied troops with fuel during the liberation of Europe in 1944.^[1] It was situated at Tilbury, in Essex.^[1] There was another PLUTO training establishment under the name HMS Abatos at Woolston, Southampton. ^[1]

Abastor's nominal depot ship was NAB Interlude (43627), a Naval Auxiliary Boat which took the form of a petrol-driven harbour launch.^[1] It was in service as a depot ship from 1 November 1943 through until July 1945, when it was transferred back to being a harbour launch. ^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Warlow, Ben (2000). Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6.

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