HMS POCHARD
Ship No 514
POCHARD was the third ship on the stocks from the order from the Ministry of Defence, she was the sister ship to GOOSANDER another Boom Defence Vessel of 923 grt. She was one of the Wild Duck Class vessels for the Royal Navy.
She had a length between perpendiculars of 48.8 metres (The ministry had now gone over to the new metric system) and she had a breadth across the beam of 12.2 metres moulded, with a design draught of 5.5 metres.
This much specialised vessel built for purpose was launched from the Leith Shipyards of Robb Caledon on 7th of December 1973.
You will be able to read a lot more about POCHARD and all the other ships, on the new website coming soon.
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