| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Clash |
| Builder: | Midland Shipyards, Ltd., Midland, Ontario, Canada |
| Laid down: | as CN-309 |
| Launched: | 18 November 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 19 June 1943 |
| Career (United Kingdom) | |
| Name: | HMS Linaria (K282) |
| Acquired: | 19 June 1943 |
| Fate: | Returned to U.S. custody, 27 July 1946; Sold, 15 January 1948 and reportedly converted to commercial service; Renamed Porto Offuro |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Propulsion: | two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. engine, one shaft. |
| Speed: | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 |
| Armament: | two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts two 20mm gun mounts one Hedgehog four depth charge guns two depth charge chutes |
HMS Linaria was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, which saw service during the Second World War. Originally built for the US Navy as Clash (PG-91), formerly CN-309, she was launched on 18 November 1942, by Midland Shipyards, Ltd., Midland, Ontario, Canada. Upon completion Clash was transferred to the Royal Navy on 19 June 1943 and commissioned as HMS Linaria. On 27 July 1946 she was returned to the U.S. Navy. Never commissioned in the U.S. Navy, Clash was sold on 15 January 1948.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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