HMS Halcyon (J42)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Halcyon.
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| Career |  |
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| Class and type: | Halcyon-class minesweeper |
| Name: | HMS Halcyon |
| Builder: | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. |
| Laid down: | 27 March 1933 |
| Launched: | 20 December 1933 |
| Commissioned: | 18 April 1934 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping on 19 April 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 815 tons (828 tonnes) |
| Tons burthen: | 1,370 tons (1,391 tonnes) |
| Length: | 245 ft 9 in (74.90 m) o/aii |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, vertical compound reciprocating steam engines on 2 shafts, 1,770 ihp |
| Speed: | 16.5 to 17 kn (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 80 |
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| Notes: | Pennant number: J42 |
HMS Halcyon was a Halcyon-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in 1933. She was the lead vessel in the class. Her pennant number was J42.
Halcyon was built by John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., at Clydebank, in Scotland. She was laid down on 27 March 1933 and launched on 20 December of the same year. She was commissioned on 18 April 1934.
During the Second World War, Halcyon served as the lead ship in the 1st Minesweeper Flotilla and saw service during the Arctic convoys, including Convoy PQ-17 in 1942. She also saw service during Operation Neptune, the naval component of Operation Overlord (D-Day, 1944).
Halcyon was sold for scrapping at Milford Haven on 19 April 1950 after 16-years service with the Royal Navy.
Notes
Sources
- Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allan Ltd.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.