HMS Abastor
{{Short description|Royal Navy training establishment}}
{{distinguish|text = {{ship|HMS|Abatos}}, a shore establishment in Woolston, Southampton}}
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HMS Abastor was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy at Tilbury used for the planning of Operation Pluto, which laid undersea pipelines to supplied the allied troops with fuel during the liberation of Europe in 1944.{{cite book | title=Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy | publisher=Maritime Books | author=Warlow, Ben | year=2000 | pages=12 | isbn=978-0-907771-74-6}} Another Pluto training establishment at Woolston, Southampton, was given the similar name {{ship|HMS|Abatos}}.
Abastor's nominal depot ship was the NAB Interlude (43627), a Naval Auxiliary Boat which took the form of a petrol-driven harbour launch. It was in service as a depot ship from November 1, 1943, through July 1945, which was when it was transferred back to being a harbour launch.
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Category:Royal Navy shore establishments
Category:Royal Navy bases in England
Category:Military installations established in 1943