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HMS Artifex |
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HMS Artifex Laid Down : Launched : November 1942 Completed : Type : Repair Ship Class : Builder : Swan Hunter Country : UK Pennants : F28 Fate : Ex RMS Aurania. Converted July 1944. Scrapped 28th December 1960. Was previously : HMS Aurania |
| Requisitioned as and Armed Merchant Cruiser in August 1939 and renamed Artifex in November 1942 on being purchased outright by the Admiralty. Then converted between December 1942 until July 1944 as a Heavy Repair Ship. Postwar she was assigned to HMS Caledonia at Rosyth and was used for training Engineering Artificer Apprentices until 1955, then reduced to reserve. |
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November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet November 1944 - Capt. C. C. Flemming | |||
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