HMS Cadmus (J230)
HMS Cadmus (J230) | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cadmus |
| Namesake | Cadmus |
| Ordered | 15 November 1940 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 21 July 1941 |
| Launched | 27 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 9 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | July 1946 |
| Reclassified | M230, 1949 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J230 |
| Fate | Sold to the Belgium, 1950 |
| Belgium | |
| Name | Georges Lecointe |
| Namesake | Georges Lecointe |
| Acquired | 1950 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 1959 |
| Stricken | 24 April 1960 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped, April 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 | |
HMS Cadmus (J230) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. Launched in 1942 the ship survived the war and was sold to Belgium in 1950 as Georges Lecointe (M901).