HMS Liberty (J391)
51°12′39″N 3°15′40″E / 51.2108215°N 3.2610586°E
HMS Liberty (M391)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Liberty |
Namesake | Liberty |
Ordered | 30 April 1942 |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Laid down | 27 November 1943 |
Launched | 22 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | July 1946 |
Reclassified | M391, 1949 |
Identification | Pennant number: J391 |
Fate | Sold to the Belgium, 1949 |
Belgium | |
Name | Adrien de Gerlache |
Namesake | Adrien de Gerlache |
Acquired | 1949 |
Commissioned | 29 November 1949 |
Decommissioned | 11 June 1970 |
Reclassified | A954, 1959 |
Stricken | 1970 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Installed power |
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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 |
Armament |
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HMS Liberty (J391) was a
Design and description
The turbine-powered ships displaced 850 long tons (860 t) at
The ships had two
The Algerine class was armed with a
Construction and career
The ship was ordered on 30 April 1942 at the
In April 1945, she was deployed with her flotilla for minesweeping in southern
In October 1945, she was deployed for mine clearance in areas near Singapore including ports in Indonesia she was later based at Hong Kong for similar duties. The ship returned to UK and arrived at Portsmouth to be decommissioned and put into the reserve fleet status in July 1946.[4]
She was then sold to Belgium in 1949.[4]
Liberty was renamed Adrien de Gerlache and was commissioned on 29 November 1949.
His Royal Highness Prince Baudouin in 1950 visited the Adrien de Gerlache.[5]
In 1959, her pennant number was changed to A954.[5]
On 19 September 1965, she departed from Ostend for the Mediterranean off Sardinia, for a NATO exercise. With stopovers in Gibraltar, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Cadiz. Return to Ostend on 28 October.[5]
The ship was decommissioned on 11 June 1970 and sold for to Mr. Bakker P.V.B.A, Bruges for scrap in 1970.[5]
The superstructure is part of the Belgian Naval Academy in Brugge.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Lenton, p. 261
- ^ Chesneau, p. 65
- ^ "HMS Liberty (J 391) of the Royal Navy - British Minesweeper of the Algerine class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "HMS Liberty, minesweeper". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Adrien de Gerlache". www.marinebelge.be. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ schreef, Platteau Melinda (27 May 2018). "SINT-KRUIS-BRUGGE – BILLET". Het Belgisch Militair Vastgoed sinds 1830 (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Elliott, Peter (1977). Allied Escort Ships of World War II: A complete survey. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-356-08401-9.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.