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Saturday 20 January 2018

British net layer HMS Protector under construction according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1935 no. 4

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau dated 15 April 1935 reported that at Yarrow, England the net layer Protector was under construction which was to large part similar with the Guardian. She was to be fitted put with the necessary equipment for photographing [of assaults?]. (1)

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1. :Laid down by Yarrow, Glasgow, Scotland in August 1935, launched on 20 August 1936, commissioned on 30 December 1936, reclassified as an Arctic patrol ship in 1957 and finally sold to be broken up on 10 February 1970. The A 146.