the RNR, before joining the 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron based at Portsmouth. From August to December 1975 she was part of STANAVFORCHAN (Standing Naval Force Channel). In 1977 she was used to evaluate equipment planned for the s. HMS Kirkliston was decommissioned on 2 December 1985 and was sold for scrap on 20 October 1991. References Ton-class minesweepers of the Royal Navy Ships built in Belfast 1954 ships Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom Ships built by Harland and Wolff