Celebes and after repair continued survey duties before returning to Britain at the start of 1948. After refit she recommissioned, receiving the new pennant number A310, and operating out of Lowestoft. On 15 June 1953 she took part in the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead, and on 1 July that year was renamed Shackleton. She ran aground in the Bristol Channel on 28 October 1958, damaging her sonar dome. On 20 August 1959, the prototype Handley Page Victor B2 bomber crashed into the Irish Sea. A large scale salvage effort was launched by the Royal Navy to locate and recover the wreckage, so the cause of the accident could be determined. Shackleton was diverted from her normal survey duties to take part in this search and salvage operation, and on 20 April, while searching for debris of the bomber, was diverted to the aid of a trawler, the Starbank, that had an uncontrolled leak. Shackleton transferred pumps over to the trawler, which allowed the leak to be controlled, and escorted Starbank to Milford Haven. Disposal Sharpshooter was refitted at Devonport in 1961, but was then immediately paid off into reserve. She was placed on the disposal list in 1965 and was sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO) for scrapping. The ship was allocated to the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company, and arrived at their Troon yard for breaking up on 3 November 1965. References Bibliography External links HMS Sharpshooter HMS Sharpshooter (J 68) HMS Sharpshooter (N 68) - Halcyon-class Minesweeper Halcyon-class minesweepers Ships built in Plymouth, Devon 1936 ships World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom