HMS Puffin (L52)

Puffin in March 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Puffin (L52)
Namesake	Atlantic puffin
Builder	Alexander Stephens and Sons, Linthouse, Glasgow
Laid down	12 June 1935
Launched	5 May 1936
Commissioned	6 August 1936
Decommissioned	26 March 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kingfisher-class sloop
Displacement	510 long tons (518 t) standard 680 long tons (691 t) full
Length	234 ft (71 m) p/p 243 ft 3 in (74.14 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines 3,600 shp (2,685 kW) 2 shafts 160 tons oil
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mark V L/45 gun, mount P Mk.I Depth charges

HMS Puffin (L52) (later K52), was a Kingfisher-class sloop of the British Royal Navy, built in the 1930s, that saw service during World War II. The ship was laid down on 12 June 1935 by Alexander Stephens and Sons, based at Linthouse in Glasgow, launched on 5 May 1936, and commissioned on 6 August 1936.^[1]