HMS Blackpool (J27)
HMS Blackpool | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Blackpool |
| Laid down | 19 September 1939 |
| Launched | 4 July 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned | July 1946 |
| Stricken | July 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to Norway, late 1946 |
| Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Tarna |
| Commissioned | 9 September 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1961 |
| Identification | M-310 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 605 tons |
| Length | 162 ft (49.4 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 60 |
| Armament | |
HMS Blackpool (J27) was a British Bangor-class minesweeper that served in World War II. She was paid off and sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946.