HMS Arbutus (K86)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Arbutus |
Builder | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd |
Laid down | 30 November 1939 |
Launched | 5 June 1940 |
Commissioned | 12 October 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: K86 |
Fate | Torpedoed, 5 February 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 940 tons |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) at 2,750 hp |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) |
Complement | 87 men |
Armament |
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HMS Arbutus was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.
World War II service
She is credited with sinking U-47.
Fate
She was torpedoed and sunk by U-136 on 5 February 1942.
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