HMS Bronington
HMS Bronington is a former Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, named HMS Humber between 1954 and 1958. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the wooden-hulled naval vessels.Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Disaster remains
- Description: 1953 Ton-class minesweeper
- Also known as: “HMS Humber”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birkenhead North railway station and Birkenhead Park railway station.
Birkenhead North railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birkenhead North railway station serves the town of Birkenhead, in Merseyside, England. The station is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, close to the junction of the New Brighton and West Kirby branches. Birkenhead North TMD, situated just to the west of the station, is the main traction maintenance depot for the Merseyrail fleet. Birkenhead North railway station is situated 2,600 feet west of HMS Bronington.
Birkenhead Park railway station
Railway station
Birkenhead Park railway station is a station serving the town of Birkenhead, in Merseyside, England. It lies on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. Birkenhead Park railway station is situated 2,500 feet southeast of HMS Bronington.
Birkenhead Park
Park
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. Birkenhead Park is situated 3,500 feet south of HMS Bronington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poulton and Claughton.
Poulton
Suburb
Poulton is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula and bordered by Liscard to the north, Egremont to the north east and Seacombe to the east.
Claughton
Suburb
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claughton is a village and suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is situated approximately 3 km to the west of Birkenhead town centre, adjacent to Birkenhead Park.
Bidston Hill
Village
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bidston Hill is 100 acres of heathland and woodland containing historic buildings and ancient rock carvings, on the Wirral Peninsula, near the Birkenhead suburb of Bidston, in Merseyside, England.
HMS Bronington
- Categories: minesweeper, museum ship, preserved watercraft, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wirral, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.40325° or 53° 24′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.04623° or 3° 2′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5RCX33+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1181799004OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckWikidata ID
Q5631695
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“HMS Bronington” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “保羅寧頓號掃雷艦”
- Finnish: “HMS Bronington”
- French: “HMS Bronington”
- Irish: “HMS Bronington”
- Japanese: “ブロニントン”
- Persian: “اچاماس برونینگتون (ام۱۱۱۵)”
- Persian: “اچاماس برونینگتون”
- Spanish: “HMS Bronington (M1115)”
- Spanish: “HMS Bronington”
- Turkish: “HMS Bronington (M1115)”
- Turkish: “HMS Bronington”
- “HMS Bronington”
- “HMS Humber”
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