Hawk class minesweeper

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General characteristics
Class: Hawk Class Minesweeper
Displacement: 530 t.
Length: 147 ft (45 m)
Beam: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Speed: 11.5 knots (21 km/h)
Complement: Unknown
Armament: Two 6-pounders
Propulsion: One 650 shp Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft.

The Hawk Class Minesweeper was a minesweeper class build during World War II.

[edit] Hawk Class Minesweepers

Only three minesweepers were built in this class:

[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.