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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Linnet |
| Namesake | Common linnet |
| Ordered | 22 March 1937 |
| Builder | Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | September 1937 |
| Launched | 3 May 1938 |
| Commissioned | 1 November 1938 |
| Identification | Pennant number: M69 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Dunston in 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Linnet-class minelayer |
| Displacement | 498 tons standard |
| Length | |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 24 |
| Armament |
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HMS Linnet was one of three Royal Navy Linnet-class minelayers built in 1938.