HMS Speedy (J17)
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 Speedy in April 1944 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Speedy |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | William Hamilton & Co. / J. S. White & Co. |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1937 |
| Launched: | 23 November 1938 |
| Commissioned: | 7 April 1939 |
| Fate: | Sold 5 November 1946, scrapped 1957 |
| Notes: | Pennant = N17 / J17 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halcyon-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 815–835 long tons (828–848 t) 1,310–1,372 long tons (1,330–1,394 t), full load |
| Length: | 245 ft 3 in (74.75 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Vertical triple-expansion, 2,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 80 |
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HMS Speedy was a Halcyon-class minesweeper that saw service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by William Hamilton & Co. at Port Glasgow, Scotland and completed at J. S. White & Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was commissioned in 1939. Her pennant number was N 17, later J 17.
HMS Speedy saw service in the Mediterranean Sea based at Malta as part of 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla.
HMS Speedy was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Speedon. She was scrapped at Aden in 1957.
[edit] Sources
- Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allan Ltd.
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