HMS Algerine (J213)
Algerine in profile, with her pennant number visible
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Algerine |
Ordered | 15 November 1940 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1132[1] |
Laid down | 15 March 1941 |
Launched | 22 December 1941 |
Completed | 24 March 1942[1] |
Commissioned | 24 March 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number: J213 |
Fate | Sunk by a torpedo from the Italian submarine Ascianghi on 15 November 1942 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | 225 ft (68.6 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) (deep load) |
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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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Armament |
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HMS Algerine was the
Description
Algerine displaced 850 long tons (864 t) at
The ship mounted one single
Career
Algerine was
Algerine joined the 9th Minesweeping Flotilla in May 1942 and began action in minesweeping, escorting, and patrolling duties on the east side of England.[4] She was proposed as leader for the 12th Minesweeping Flotilla, which would participate in action abroad.[4] Her sister ships from the 9th Flotilla, Alarm and Albacore, joined her, as did Acute, and Cadmus.[4] In October, she was put forward to go to the Mediterranean to assist Operation Torch, but her departure was delayed due to repair work. The other four ships in her flotilla left for Gibraltar as escorts to a convoy.[4] Four days after the other ships left, Algerine escorted convoy KMF1 to Oran.[4]
Fate
In early November, she helped recover the escort
Algerine's wreck lies at 1,100 ft (340 m)[8] on the northern coast of Algeria.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780752488615.
- ^ a b Lenton (1998), p. 261.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "HMS Algerine (J 213)". UBoat.net. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mason, Geoffrey. "HMS Algerine (J 213) - Algerine-class Fleet Minesweeper". Naval History. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Rohwer (1992), p. 174
- ^ Walsh (2004), pp. 92–93
- ^ "Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, November 1942". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "HMS Algerine (J 213) (+1942)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
36°45′N 05°11′E / 36.750°N 5.183°E
Bibliography
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Second Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Walsh, Ronald (2004). In the Company of Heroes (First ed.). Leicester: Troubador Publishing. ISBN 1-904744-47-8.
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