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Llammakey moved page RMAS Colonel Templer (A229) to RMAS Colonel Templer: per WP:NC-SHIPS, only ship of name, no need for disambiguation

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| Ship caption = RMAS ''Colonel Templer'' on the [[Firth of Clyde]], 2006
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| Ship country = [[United Kingdom]]
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| Ship name = MV ''Criscilla''
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| Ship builder = [[Hall, Russell & Company]]
| Ship yard number = 931
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| Ship launched = 16 September 1966
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| Ship in service = 1966
| Ship out of service = 1980
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| Ship fate = Sold to the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], renamed ''Colonel Templer''
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| Ship name = ''Colonel Templer''
| Ship namesake = Colonel [[James Templer (balloon aviator)|James Templer]]
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| Ship operator =*[[Royal Aircraft Establishment]]
*[[Defence Evaluation and Research Agency]]
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| Ship fate = Transferred to the [[Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service]]
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| Ship name = RMAS ''Colonel Templer'' (A229)
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| Ship homeport = [[HMNB Clyde]]
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| Ship fate = Transferred to [[Serco Marine Services]]
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| Ship country = [[United Kingdom]]
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| Ship name = SD ''Colonel Templer''
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| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|6619944}}
*{{MMSI Number|671330000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: 5VBX3
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| Ship fate = Sold to a Swedish shipping firm and renamed ''Seaway Endeavour''
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| Ship displacement = 1,300 tonnes
| Ship length = 56 m
| Ship beam = 11 m
| Ship draught = 5.6 m
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| Ship speed = 12 knots
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| Ship complement = 14
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| Ship identification = {{IMO number|6619944}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1444783| title=Seaway Endeavour| publisher=Shipspotting| access-date=18 May 2012}}</ref>
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'''SD ''Colonel Templer''''' (previously '''RMAS ''Colonel Templer'' (A229)''') is an acoustic research vessel, renamed '''''Seaway Endeavour''''' in 2011 after she was sold to a [[Sweden|Swedish]] shipping company. Between 1980 and 2011, she was in the service of the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], the [[Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service]] and [[Serco Marine Services]] in support of the United Kingdom's [[Naval Service (United Kingdom)|Naval Service]]. Before 1980, ''Colonel Templer'' was known as MV ''Criscilla'' and worked as a [[Fishing trawler#Stern trawlers|stern trawler]].

Her displacement is 1,300 tonnes and dimensions 56 m by 11 m by 5.6 m. Her complement is 14 and speed 12 knots. Twelve scientists can be carried.

==Ships history==
The ship was built in 1966 by [[Hall, Russell & Company]] for J Marr and Sons of Hull. At the time she served as a stern trawler named MV ''Criscilla''.

In 1980, she was sold to the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], Farnborough and renamed ''Colonel Templer'' after Colonel [[James Templer (balloon aviator)|James Templer]], an early British military pioneer of balloons and superintendent of the Aldershot balloon factory.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/photogalleries/archive/2003/07/25/The+West+Country+Archive/7193587.Research_vessel_in_port_for_trials/| date=25 July 2003| title=Research Vessel in port for Trials| publisher=Falmouth Packet| access-date=18 May 2012}}</ref> By the late 80s she was converted into an acoustic [[research vessel]], mainly for sonar work by the [[Defence Evaluation and Research Agency]].

After a serious fire in 1990, the ship underwent a major rebuild and in November 2000, ''Colonel Templer'' was handed over to the [[Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service]] (RMAS) and operated under contract by Serco Denholm, based at [[HMNB Clyde]]. In 2001, she was converted to support diving training with the [[Royal Navy]]. Following the disbandment of the RMAS in March 2008, ''Colonel Templer'' was transferred to [[Serco Marine Services]] and received the ship prefix 'SD'.

In July 2011, she was sold to a Swedish firm and renamed ''Seaway Endeavour'' with a blue and white livery.<ref>[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1388465 Seaway Endeavour - IMO 6619944], shipspotting.com, retrieved 21 June 2014</ref>

==See also==
*[[Naval Service (United Kingdom)]]
*[[List of ships of Serco Marine Services]]

==References==
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*{{cite book
| last = Bush
| first = Steve
| title = British Warships and Auxiliaries
| publisher = Maritime Books
| date = 2005
| location = Liskeard, Cornwall
| isbn = 1-904459-11-0 }}
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[[Category:Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service]]
[[Category:Serco Marine Services (ships)]]
[[Category:Ships built in Aberdeen]]
[[Category:1966 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built by Hall, Russell & Company]]

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