HMS Samphire (K128)
Flower-class corvette / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Samphire was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.
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Name | HMS Samphire |
Ordered | 25 July 1939 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough |
Laid down | 4 December 1940 |
Launched | 14 April 1941 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K128 |
Fate | Sunk on 30 January 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 85 men |
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She was built by Smiths Dock Company, in South Bank-on-Tees, and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 30 June 1941.