HMS Mariner (J 380) was a Minesweeper of the Algerine Class that was launched 9 may, 1945 and commissioned 23 may, 1945. The HMS Mariner was built by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) The HMS Mariner belonged to the Royal Navy of Great Britain. The HMS Mariner was sold to the Burmese Navy on 18 april 1958. The former name for the HMS Mariner was the HMCS Kincardine.
Master Mariner is the official title of someone qualified to command a ship; the qualification is colloquially called a "Master's Ticket".
The term was introduced in the mid 19th century, and is usually held by the chief officer/first mate as well as the captain).
The Master's Mates were the assistants to the Sailing Master, also warrant officers, and were usually young men with family connections not quite good enough to become midshipmen who either aspired to become sailing masters themselves or to be commissioned as lieutenants, as often happened.
HMS Reclaim was despatched to that position and lowered a camera 258ft, which picked out a brass handrail before scanning the bridge to reveal the name Affray.
HMS Affray had been found lying on an even keel near the edge of the Hurd Deep on a bearing 228 degrees and 67 miles from St Catherine's lighthouse on the Isle of Wight.
HMS Reclaim returned to the wreck with X-ray equipment and, after clearing part of the casing, radioactive isotopes were used to see through the hull.
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