Hussar during World War II |
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| Career (United Kingdom) | |
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| Name: | HMS Hussar |
| Ordered: | 23 February 1933 |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Southampton |
| Laid down: | 28 August 1933 |
| Launched: | 27 August 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk by RAF Hawker Typhoons on 27 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halcyon-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 815–835 long tons (828–848 t) 1,310–1,372 long tons (1,330–1,394 t), full load |
| Length: | 245.25 ft (74.75 m) |
| Beam: | 33.5 ft (10.2 m) |
| Draught: | 6.75 ft (2.06 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines, 1,750 shp (1,305 kW) on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 80 |
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| Badge: | On a Field Red, two light cavalry sabres Proper |
HMS Hussar was a Royal Navy minesweeper. She was sunk by friendly fire from RAF fighters off the coast of Normandy on 27 August 1944 in the same incident as HMS Britomart.
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