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Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy
HMS Meadowsweet
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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | HMS Meadowsweet |
Ordered | 25 July 1939 |
Builder |
Charles Hill & Sons,
Bristol, England |
Laid down | 12 August 1941 |
Launched | 28 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1942 |
Out of service | 31 March 1951 - sold |
Identification |
Pennant number: K144 |
Fate | Sold 1951 |
General characteristics |
Class and type |
Flower-class
corvette (original) |
Displacement | 925
long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)
o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
Propulsion |
- single shaft
- 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
- 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
- 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
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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 |
- 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
- 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
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Armament |
- 1 ×
BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
- 2 x double Lewis machine gun
- 2 × twin Vickers machine gun
- 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
- 2 ×
Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
- initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed
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HMS Meadowsweet was a
Flower-class
corvette that served with the
Royal Navy during the
Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the
Battle of the Atlantic.
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References
Sources
- Gardiner, Robert (1987). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN
0-85177-146-7.
- Preston, Antony; Raven, Alan (1982). Flower Class Corvettes. London: Arms and Armour Press.
ISBN
0-85368-559-2.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-84832-015-4.