History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Firefly |
Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley |
Yard number | 552 |
Launched | 23 August 1930 |
Completed | 23 September 1930 |
Acquired | September 1939 |
Renamed | St Just in 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped by 1 March 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 394 tons |
Length | 44.2 m pp |
Beam | 7.5 m |
Notes | Pennant number FY673 |
HMT Firefly was a minesweeping trawler that saw service during the Second World War.
She was built as a trawler by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, of Beverley and launched on 23 August 1930. She was operated by the St Andrew's Steam Fishing Company Ltd, out of Hull.