HMS Ardrossan (J131)
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| Career |  |
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| Class and type: | Bangor class minesweeper |
| Name: | HMS Ardrossan |
| Builder: | Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland |
| Laid down: | 6 September 1940 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 21 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping on 1 January 1948 Arrived at yards at Thornaby-on-Tees on 19 August 1948 |
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| Displacement: | 656 tons |
| Length: | 174 ft (53.0 m) |
| Beam: | 28.5 ft (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8.25 ft (2.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers two shafts coupled to steam turbines 2,000 shp (1500 kW) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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HMS Ardrossan was a turbine engined Bangor class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy named after the Scottish town of Ardrossan.
She was built by Blyth Shipbuilding Company, at Blyth, Northumberland and launched on 22 July 1941. She had a relatively quiet wartime career and was sold on 1 January 1948 for breaking up. She arrived at the breaker's yard at Thornaby-on-Tees on 19 August 1948.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- HMS Ardrossan at Uboat.net
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