HMS Scott (J79)

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

HMS Scott, 1944
HMS Scott, 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Scott
NamesakeRobert Falcon Scott
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down30 August 1937[1]
Launched23 August 1938[1]
Completed23 February 1939[1]
FateScrapped, 1965
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHalcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 875 long tons (889 t) standard
  • 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full load
Length245 ft 9 in (74.90 m) o/a
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
  • Parsons steam turbines
  • 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement80

HMS Scott (J79) was a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the British Royal Navy completed as an unarmed survey ship with an enlarged bridge and a large chart room abaft the extended forecastle deck. She served through World War II and the two following decades.

  1. ^ a b c "HMS Scott". Halcyon Class. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company. pp. 176–178.