HMS Blackpool (J27)
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HMS Blackpool (J27) was a British Bangor-class minesweeper that served in World War II. She was paid off and sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946.
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HMS Blackpool | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Blackpool |
Laid down | 19 September 1939 |
Launched | 4 July 1940 |
Commissioned | 3 February 1941 |
Decommissioned | July 1946 |
Stricken | July 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to Norway, late 1946 |
Norway | |
Name | HNoMS Tarna |
Commissioned | 9 September 1946 |
Stricken | 1 May 1961 |
Identification | M-310 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 605 tons |
Length | 162 ft (49.4 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draught | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 60 |
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