HMS Algerine (J213)
Service
- as HMS Algerine24 March 1942 — 15 November 1942236 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Algerine
- Pennant / hull number
- J213
- Builder
- Harland & Wolff, Belfast
- Ordered
- 15 November 1940
- Laid down
- 15 March 1941
- Launched
- 22 December 1941
- Commissioned
- 24 March 1942
- Fate
- Sunk by a torpedo from the Italian submarine Ascianghi on 15 November 1942
By submarine (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 850 long tons (864 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,125 long tons (1,143 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Algerine was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number J213. Her keel was laid at Harland & Wolff, Belfast on 15 March 1941. She entered service on 24 March 1942, having been launched on 22 December 1941.
14 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.
Displacement was 850 long tons standard and 1,125 long tons at full load. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 16.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 85.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 2,000 shp.
She was in commission for 236 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 15 November 1942 by submarine, at 36°45′N 5°11′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts
- 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2000 shp
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 1 × single 4 in Mk V gun
- 4 × twin 20 mm Oerlikon autocannon
- 2 × depth charge rails and 4 depth charge throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Algerine (J213) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//18/media-18451/large.jpg This photograph FL 472 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons