Elisabeth Smit
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Elizabeth Smit was a ship built in 1941, and scrapped in 2020. It was built at the MMS-class minesweeper HMS MMS 54. It was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1944, serving as HNLMS Marken. In 1957, it became a school ship for the Dutch Zeekadetenkorps. It was sold in 1977 and turned into a barquentine in civilian service, renamed Elizabeth Smit. It was badly damaged in 2002 and was scrapped in 2020.
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History | |
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Owner |
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Port of registry |
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Ordered | 5 September 1940 |
Builder | Herd & Mackenzie |
Yard number | 89 |
Launched | 22 September 1941 |
Completed | 25 December 1941 |
Commissioned |
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Decommissioned |
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Out of service | October 2002 |
Identification |
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Fate | Broken up December 2020 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type |
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Displacement | 295 Tons (1941–57) |
Length | 105 feet 0 inches (32.00 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 23 feet 0 inches (7.01 m) |
Draught | 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) |
Depth | 11 feet 0 inches (3.35 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) (1941–77) |
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