HMS Cockatrice (J229)

	HMS Cockatrice
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cockatrice
Namesake	Cockatrice
Ordered	12 May 1941
Builder	Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley
Laid down	29 December 1941
Launched	27 October 1942
Commissioned	10 April 1943
Decommissioned	February 1948
Identification	Pennant number: J229
Fate	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics
Class & type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard); 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep);
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
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	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun; 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

HMS Cockatrice (J229) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War.

History
HMS Cockatrice
United Kingdom
Name	Cockatrice
Namesake	Cockatrice
Ordered	12 May 1941
Builder	Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley
Laid down	29 December 1941
Launched	27 October 1942
Commissioned	10 April 1943
Decommissioned	February 1948
Identification	Pennant number: J229
Fate	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics
Class & type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard) 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep)
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
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	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon