HMS Clacton (J151)
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| Class and type: | Bangor class minesweeper |
| Name: | HMS Clacton |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 12 November 1940 |
| Launched: | 18 December 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 4 June 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a mine on 31 December 1943 |
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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 Clacton 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 Essex town of Clacton-on-Sea.
She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., at Troon, Scotland and launched on 18 December 1941.
HMS Clacton was in the Mediterranean off the east coast of Corsica, on passage from La Maddalena to Bastia on 31 December 1943. She struck a mine at 0832 hours and sank immediately. Three officers and 29 ratings were killed, with the survivors being rescued by HMS Polruan.
[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 Clacton at Uboat.net
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