Coastal stores carrier; 1,126 grt.
Operator: Secretary of State for Defence, London (Royal Fleet Auxiliary).
Built: 1938 by Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Grangemouth. Yard no 424.
Main engine: six-cylinder, two-stroke British Polar M46M of 960 bhp at 320 bhp. Speed: 10.5 knots.
1975-sold to ‘AGEM’ Maritime Enterprises (Basil Vertsotis), Piraeus,Greece, renamed MYRINA.
1983-to breakers at Keratsini, Greece.
Photo: River Medway on a Chatham Dockyard ‘outside’ berth, Medway (seen from Upnor) circa1971.
ROBERT MIDDLETON and sister vessel ROBERT DUNDAS (A204) were popularly known as the ‘Bobby Boats’. Both of them saw service at the Normandy landings in 1944.