HMS Florizel

HMS Florizel in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Florizel
Ordered	24 March 1942
Builder	Associated Shipbuilders
Laid down	27 January 1943
Launched	20 May 1943
Commissioned	14 April 1944
Out of service	14 December 1946 sold to Greece
Renamed	1947 merchant ship Aida 1959 HNS Lasithi
Identification	Pennant number J404
Fate	Broken up at Messina 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement	945 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,710 shp (1,275 kW) Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines
Speed	14.8 knots (27 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	3 in (76 mm) dual-purpose gun mount 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts 2 × 20 mm gun mounts 2 × Depth charge tracks 5 × depth charge projectors

HMS Florizel (J404), US pennant No. BAM-26, was an Auk-class minesweeper ordered by the US Navy to be supplied to the Royal Navy (RN) under Lend-lease. Florizel was built by Associated Ship Builders at Harbour Island, Seattle, Washington, United States and commissioned by the Royal Navy as Pennant No. J404. She was ordered 24 March 1942, laid down 27 January 1943, launched 20 May 1943 and commissioned 14 April 1944.