HMS Venturer (MO8)

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.