HMS Ready (J223)
A. F. Dufour (M902)
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Name | Ready |
Namesake | Ready |
Ordered | 15 November 1940 |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Laid down | 14 April 1942 |
Launched | 11 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1948 |
Reclassified | M223, 1949 |
Identification | Pennant number: J223 |
Fate | Sold to the Belgium, 1951 |
Belgium | |
Name | Van Haverbeke |
Namesake | J.F. Van Haverbeke[1] |
Acquired | 1951 |
Commissioned | 4 July 1951 |
Decommissioned | June 1960 |
Stricken | June 1960 |
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Motto |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1961 |
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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 |
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HMS Ready (J226) 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 15 November 1940 at the
On 29 December 1944 she captured the miniature submarine Biber 90 which was found with its sole crew-member dead from carbon monoxide poisoning.[5] It was towed to Dover although sunk in the harbour before being recovered.[5]
Ready was
She was then sold to Belgium in 1951.
Ready was renamed Van Haverbeke and was commissioned on 4 July 1951.[1]
Left Ostend on 5 August 1955 and made a stopover in Leith (Scotland) from 22 to 24 and joined Ostend on the 29th, after having patrolled the fishing grounds of the Fladen Grounds, Long Forties, Old Devil-Hole and Gut.[1]
In 1956,
Surveillance campaign of fishing grounds, joined the port of Ostend on 26 July 1957. On 28 July, she escorted the Tna Kamina to Harwich (Great Britain). Set sail from Ostend on 15 August, during which she took part in the Blessing of the Sea ceremonies at Heist-sur-Mer, and made a stopover on 22 to 25 August in Aberdem (Scotland), and return to Ostend on 31 August. She returned to her home port on 23 September.[1]
She again left Ostend on 7 October 1957 to begin her 7th and final trip of the year. She made a stopover in Hamburg from 10 to 13 of the same month and reached Ostend on 15 October. Took part in the communal festivals of Vilvoorde and visited the port of Brussels from 18 to 21 October.[1]
The ship was decommissioned in June 1960 and sold for to Mr. Bakker P.V.B.A, Bruges for scrap on 7 March 1961.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Van Haverbeke". www.marinebelge.be. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Lenton, p. 261
- ^ Chesneau, p. 65
- ^ "HMS Ready (J 223) of the Royal Navy - British Minesweeper of the Algerine class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ a b Bullen, John (1989). "The German Biber submarine". Imperial War Museum Review. 4: 79–86.
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.