HMS Rifleman (J299)
Service
- as HMS Rifleman11 February 1944 — 1972569 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Rifleman
- Pennant / hull number
- J299
- Builder
- Harland & Wolff, Belfast
- Launched
- 25 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 11 February 1944
- Fate
- Sold for breaking in 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 850 long tons (864 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Rifleman was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number J299. She was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She entered service on 11 February 1944, having been launched on 25 November 1943.
14 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.
She displaced 850 long tons. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). She carried a complement of 85. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 2,000 ihp.
She was in commission for 569 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Geared turbines
- Two shafts
- Power
- 2000 ihp
- Armament
- One QF 4 in Mk V AA gun
- Four 20 mm Oerlikon cannons (4×1)
- (From 1958) Squid Anti-Submarine mortar
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Rifleman (J299) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 18071 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons