HMS Acanthus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy.
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Acanthus with a Norwegian flag | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Acanthus |
Ordered | 21 September 1939[1] |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 21 December 1939 |
Launched | 26 May 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K01 |
Fate | Sold to Royal Norwegian Navy, 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Construction and design
Acanthus was one of ten Flower-class corvettes ordered on 21 September 1939, in the fourth of a series of orders. She was laid down at Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's Troon shipyard on 21 December 1939, was launched on 26 May 1941 and completed on 1 October 1941.[2][3]
In 1942, the vessel was transferred to the Norwegian armed forces in exile and became the Norwegian ship HNoMS Andenes.
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