Class overview | |
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Name | Cybele-class mine destructor vessel |
Builders | |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Built | 1943-1944 |
In service | 1944-1946 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 3,980 tonnes[1] |
Length | 350 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Propulsion | None |
Crew | 0 |
The Cybele class was a class of trimaran ships, constructed by the Royal Navy during World War II for the purpose of clearing minefields. Referred to as Mine Destructor Vessels, two ships of the class, HMS Cybele and HMS Cyrus were built in 1944; one was lost following D-Day, while the other survived the war only to be scrapped shortly thereafter.