HMS Hare (J389)

HMS Hare (J389)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hare
Namesake	Hare
Ordered	30 April 1942
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Laid down	27 November 1943
Launched	20 June 1944
Commissioned	10 November 1944
Decommissioned	1959
Identification	Pennant number: J389
Fate	Sold to Nigeria, May 1958
Nigeria
Name	Nigeria
Namesake	Nigeria
Acquired	May 1958
Commissioned	21 July 1959
Decommissioned	1962
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard) 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep)
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 4 × Bofors 40 mm

HMS Hare (J389) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Nigeria in 1958 as HMNS Nigeria.