HMS Mignonette (K38)

HMS Mignotte underway on the Tyne
History
United Kingdom
NameMignonette
Ordered31 August 1939
BuilderHall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen
Laid down15 July 1940
Launched28 January 1941
Commissioned7 May 1941
Out of service1946 - sold
IdentificationPennant number: K38
FateSold 1946; sunk November 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (original)
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
  • 1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
  • 2 x double Lewis machine gun
  • 2 × twin Vickers machine gun
  • 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
  • initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed

HMS Mignonette was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an escort ship in the Battle of the Atlantic.[1]

  1. ^ "Aberdeen Ships - Mignonette". www.aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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