HMS Fly (J306)

HMS Fly (J306)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Fly
Namesake	Fly
Ordered	27 May 1941
Builder	Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew
Laid down	6 October 1941
Launched	1 June 1942
Commissioned	10 October 1942
Decommissioned	February 1947
Identification	Pennant number: J306
Fate	Sold to Iran, 1949
Iran
Name	Palang (پلنگ)
Namesake	Palang
Acquired	30 July 1949
Commissioned	30 July 1949
Decommissioned	1966
Stricken	1972
Fate	Scrapped, 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard) 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep)
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
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 Fly (J306) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Iran in 1949 as IIS Palang.