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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
CYBELE mine destruction vessels (1944)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cybele   1383 Denny, Dumbarton // Scotts, Greenock 9/1943 16.11.1943 5/1944 sold 1946
Cyrus   1709 Swan Hunter, Wallsend // Scotts, Greenock 9/1943 1/1944 5.1944 wrecked 12.1944


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3980

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

106.7

Breadth, m

18.3

Draught, m 
No of shaftsnone
Machinerynone
Power, h. p.none
Max speed, ktsnone
Fuel, tnone
Endurance, nm(kts)---
Armamentnone
Electronic equipmentnone
Complementnone in time of sweeping


Project history

Two specially built ships were ordered in September 1943 for use against German hydrodynamic pressure mines, they were non-self-propelled and operated under tow without a crew.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.