HMS Abdiel (N21)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Abdiel.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Abdiel (N21)
OrderedJune 1965
BuilderThornycroft
Laid down23 May 1966
Launched22 January 1967
Commissioned17 October 1967
Decommissioned1988
Refit1977, 1981
FateScrapped 1988
General characteristics [1]
Displacement
  • 1375 t standard
  • 1460 t full load
Length265 ft (81 m)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, 2 eighteen-cylinder Paxman Ventura diesels
  • 2,960 bhp (2,210 kW)
Speed16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement98
Sensors and
processing systems		Type 978 radar
Armament

HMS Abdiel was a Royal Navy minelayer that saw service during the Cold War.

Abdiel was ordered from Thornycroft in June 1965. She was laid down at Thornycroft's Woolston shipyard on 23 May 1966[3] and launched 22 January 1967. She was commissioned on 17 October 1967.[1] Her pennant number was N21.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 542.
  2. ^ Couhat and Baker 1986, p. 202
  3. ^ a b Moore 1985, p. 630.