HMS Hare (J389)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Hare |
Namesake | Hare |
Ordered | 30 April 1942 |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Laid down | 27 November 1943 |
Launched | 20 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1959 |
Identification | Pennant number: J389 |
Fate | Sold to Nigeria, May 1958 |
Nigeria | |
Name | Nigeria |
Namesake | Nigeria |
Acquired | May 1958 |
Commissioned | 21 July 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Propulsion |
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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 |
HMS Hare (J389) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Nigeria in 1958 as HMNS Nigeria.