HMS Abastor

Not to be confused with HMS Abatos, a shore establishement in Woolston, Southampton.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Abastor
Commissioned	1 November 1943[1]
Decommissioned	17 October 1945[1]
Fate	Decommissioned and closed down[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Stone frigate

HMS Abastor was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy at Tilbury used for the planning of Operation Pluto, which laid undersea pipelines to supplied the allied troops with fuel during the liberation of Europe in 1944.^[1] Another Pluto training establishment at Woolston, Southampton, was given the similar name HMS Abatos.^[1]

Abastor's nominal depot ship was the NAB Interlude (43627), a Naval Auxiliary Boat which took the form of a petrol-driven harbour launch.^[1] It was in service as a depot ship from November 1, 1943, through July 1945, which was when it was transferred back to being a harbour launch.^[1]

References

1. Warlow, Ben (2000). Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6.