History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Mutine |
Ordered | 15 November 1940 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Yard number | 1140[1] |
Laid down | 24 November 1941 |
Launched | 10 October 1942 |
Completed | 26 February 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 26 February 1943 |
Recommissioned | Reactivated in April 1956 |
Out of service | Reduced to reserve in 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number J227 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping on 13 December 1966 |
Badge | On a Field White, a dragon’s head erased proper |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 850 tons |
Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 85 men |
Armament |
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HMS Mutine was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, and was adopted by the civil community of Mitcham, Surrey following a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign held in February 1942.