(C)SHB_HMS WILTON CONST_70S

AJAXNETPHOTO - WORLD'S LARGEST PLASTIC WARSHIP - HMS WILTON, A 'TON' CLASS MINESWEEPER FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE VOSPER THORNYCROFT SHIPYARD IN WOOLSTON IN THE EARLY 1970S. VOSPER GLASS FIBRE TECHNOLOGY LED THE WAY AND STILL LEADS TODAY. THE LAST VESSEL TO BE BUILT AT THE WOOLSTON YARD WILL BE THE 75M MIRABELLA V, THE WORLD'S LARGEST GLASS FIBRE SINGLE MASTED YACHT.
PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX.
REF: CP/HDD/SHB