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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

LINNET small minelayers

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Linnet   Ardrossan SB 1937 24/2/1938 6/1938 sold 1964
Redstart   Robb, Leith 9/1937 3/5/1938 10/1938 scuttled 19/12/1941
Ringdove   Robb, Leith 9/1937 16/6/1938 12/1938 sold 1950

 

 

Displacement standard, t

498

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

49.9

Breadth, m

8.28

Draught, m

2.44

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

oil

Armament

2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 12 mines

Complement

24

Ship project history: Project is developed on the basis of a trawler.

Modernizations: 1942, both survived: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon.

Naval service: Redstart was scuttled by own crew in Hong Kong 19/12/1941.

Linnet 1938

 

 

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