HMS Minstrel (J445)

12°31′58″N 102°04′32″E / 12.5327462°N 102.0755306°E / 12.5327462; 102.0755306

History
United Kingdom
Name	Minstrel
Namesake	Minstrel
Ordered	15 March 1943
Builder	Redfern Construction Co., Toronto
Laid down	27 June 1944
Launched	5 October 1944
Commissioned	7 June 1945
Decommissioned	February 1947
Identification	Pennant number: J445
Fate	Sold to the Thailand, 1947
Thailand
Name	Phosamton (โพธิ์สามต้น)
Namesake	Battle of Pho Sam Ton
Acquired	April 1947[2]
Commissioned	20 November 1947[3]
Decommissioned	2012
Reclassified	MSC-451 MSC-611
Identification	Pennant number: MSF-1[1]
Status	Museum ship at Nong Bua, Mueang Chanthaburi District
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 Minstrel (J445) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Thailand in 1947 as HTMS Phosamton (MSF-1).