She was also used as a fishery protection vessel, like many of her class.
They were highly recognisable at sea because at full speed they released a lot of black smoke in the air from the exhaust

Hi William

Thanks for the history. I saw her a few times in service and also up at Trafford Park.

Best regards

Bob

Some history from royal navy ships website:
HMS Bronington is a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper is one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled naval vessels).

After being decommissioned from service, the ship was purchased in January 1989 by the Bronington Trust, a registered charity, whose patron Charles, Prince of Wales commanded this vessel in 1976.

For some time, the ship was berthed in the historic Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. In 2002, she became part of the collection of the Warship Preservation Trust and moored at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Since the closure of the Warship Preservation Trust, she remains in storage, alongside the Rothesay-class frigate HMS Plymouth, at Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead.
I was:
71-72 in Hong Kong on Beachampton and Maxton.