HMS Cadmus (J230)

HMS Cadmus (J230)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cadmus
Namesake	Cadmus
Ordered	15 November 1940
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Laid down	21 July 1941
Launched	27 May 1942
Commissioned	9 September 1942
Decommissioned	July 1946
Reclassified	M230, 1949
Identification	Pennant number: J230
Fate	Sold to the Belgium, 1950
Belgium
Name	Georges Lecointe
Namesake	Georges Lecointe
Acquired	1950
Commissioned	31 January 1950
Decommissioned	1959
Stricken	24 April 1960
Identification	Callsign: ORJB Pennant number: M901
Fate	Scrapped, April 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	850 long tons (864 t) (standard) 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) (deep)
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

HMS Cadmus (J230) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. Launched in 1942 the ship survived the war and was sold to Belgium in 1950 as Georges Lecointe (M901).