H.M.S. Guardian at Penarth Dock in April 1959 - A view of her laid-up on the north quay with an unknown vessel alongside. The lower enlargement shows the net-laying arrangement at the stern of the vessel. A heritage photograph from the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] Built at a cost of £333,595 at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, she was 338 feet long with a beam of 53 feet and her displacement was 2,860 tons. She had a crew of 181 and was equipped with two 4" naval guns and later with anti-aircraft weaponry. She underwent a re-fit at Newport in 1954, after which she was mothballed at Penarth Dock in the Reserve Fleet until finally being sent to the breaker's yard in 1962. [043]

Another great view of H.M.S. Guardian at Penarth Dock in April 1959. Astern of her is A1120 an LCT Mark 3 which was converted to an MRC or Maintenance Repair Craft. Can anyone identify the vessels moored alongside both please? Yet another heritage photograph from the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20170922]

According to Wikipedia [043] this photograph illustrates ; 'At Scapa Flow, a Royal Navy net laying vessel prepares to lay an anti-submarine net, which is 900 feet (275 metres) long, weighs over 40 Imperial tons (41 tonnes) and could be laid in 4 minutes.' This was probably either H.M.S. Guardian or her sister H.M.S. Protector built in 1936. The photograph taken by Hampton, J A (Lt),, Royal Navy official photographer, is borrowed with thanks to the WWII collection of the Imperial War Museum. [266]

H.M.S. Guardian - Showing her unusual bow configuration used for net-retrieval. A second vessel was built in 1936 and named H.M.S. Protector. She survived until 1970. [000] [002]