HMS Scott (J79)

HMS Scott, 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scott
Namesake	Robert Falcon Scott
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down	30 August 1937[1]
Launched	23 August 1938[1]
Completed	23 February 1939[1]
Fate	Scrapped, 1965
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Halcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement	875 long tons (889 t) standard 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full load
Length	245 ft 9 in (74.90 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons steam turbines 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	80

HMS Scott (J79) was a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the British Royal Navy completed as an unarmed survey ship with an enlarged bridge and a large chart room abaft the extended forecastle deck. She served through World War II and the two following decades.