Based on German Second World War drawing
Part of Abdiel or Manxman-class fast minelayers 1938 group. Building ordered on 21 March 1939, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, England on 8 June 1939, launched on 4 September 1940, completed on 25 August 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 underway to Tobruk, Libya on 1 February 1943.
Displacement 2,693 (standard)-3,470 (full load) tons and as dimensions 122.07 (between perpendiculars)-127.0 (over all) x 12 x 3.43-4.50 (full load) metres or 400.6-418 x 40 x 11.3-14.9 feet. Propulsion consisted Parsons geared steam turbines and 4 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers supplying via 2 shafts 72,000 shp allowing a speed of 38 (full load)-40 (normal) knots and a range of 1,000 nautical miles.38 knots. Crew numbered 242 men. Armament 3x2-10cm/4” Mark XVI guns, 4x1-4cm/2pd MK VIII quick firing guns, 2x4-12.7mm/0.50” Vickers machine guns (later 12-1 or 2-2cm Oerlikon cannons) and 156 mines.
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