CASTOR

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 a                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR  ex REDEEMER  ex CASTOR  ex A 810 CASTOR  ex  MLV CASTOR
IMO : 8633114
FLAG : NETHERLANDS
TYPE : PILOT BOAT
LAUNCHED : 02 12 1949
COMMISSIONED : 29 07 1950
DECOMMISSIONED : 1983

When commissioned the role of the CASTOR had to be two-fold. She was designed as both a Pilot
Boat and a Navy Vessel. She was commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy with pendant nr
A 810 and armed with a 3" / 76 mm gun.
In 1983 she was sold to a Dutch company and used as a research & survey vessel.
In 1988 she was resold to a British church society SEA CARE and renamed : REDEEMER.
In 1999 she was resold to a private Belgian owner to reconstruct her at URK  ( Netherlands ) to a holiday diving vessel but was cancelled and laid up.
In 2006 she was sold and rescue from the scrapyard by Stichting Castor Rotterdam ( Netherlands )
and is now a Museum Ship.
In 2016 she was used in the movie " DUNKIRK " by Christopher Nolan. Converted as the Royal 
Navy B - Class Destroyer : HMS BASILISK   H 11.

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 b                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR   05 07 2015 c                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR still with HMS BASILISK number   26 06 2017                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 a                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 b                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 c                        G.GYSSELS

MLV CASTOR converted as HMS BASILISK  H 11   20 05 2016 d                        G.GYSSELS