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HMS Squirrel (J301)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Squirrel.
HMS Squirrel was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was scuttled after striking a mine in 1945.
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Name | HMS Squirrel |
Ordered | 30 April 1942 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast[1] |
Yard number | 1206[2] |
Laid down | 20 August 1943 |
Launched | 20 April 1944 |
Completed | 16 August 1944[2] |
Commissioned | 16 August 1944 |
Fate | Hit a mine and subsequently scuttled, 24 July 1945[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
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Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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