Linnet-class minelayer

	HMS Ringdove
Class overview
Name	Linnet
Operators	Royal Navy
In commission	1938–1964
Completed	3
Lost	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	498 tons standard
Length	145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) (p/p); 163 ft 9 in (49.91 m) (o/a);
Beam	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine; 1 shaft; 400 hp (300 kW);
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Complement	24
Armament	2 × twin 0.303 in machine guns; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (from 1942); 12 mines;

The Linnet class were a class of three small coastal minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy just before the Second World War.

Class overview
HMS Ringdove
Name	Linnet
Operators	Royal Navy
In commission	1938–1964
Completed	3
Lost	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	498 tons standard
Length	145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) (p/p) 163 ft 9 in (49.91 m) (o/a)
Beam	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine 1 shaft 400 hp (300 kW)
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Complement	24
Armament	2 × twin 0.303 in machine guns 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (from 1942) 12 mines