HMS Venturer is a Venturer-class minesweeper converted from the trawler Suffolk Harvester for the Royal Navy in 1978.
[1] It is powered by Mirrlees-Blackstone diesel engines which provided 2,000 HP and allowed for a speed of 14 knots.
As a minesweeper, Venturer was not equipped with any armament and had a crew of thirty-five.
Venturer was allocated to the 10th Mine Countermeasures Squadron out of Bristol and was equipped for deep team minesweeping.
[2] On completion of its charter, Venturer was returned to civilian service in November 1983 and renamed back to Suffolk Harvester.