HMS Delphinium (K77)
HMS Delphinium (K77) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Delphinium |
| Builder | Henry Robb Ltd., Leith, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 31 October 1939 |
| Launched | 6 June 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1940 |
| Honours & awards | North Africa and Mediterranean 1941-1943, Sicily 1943, Atlantic 1943-1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Pembroke dock in 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | 940 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62.48 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers; 2 screws; 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,482 km) @ 12 kt |
| Complement | 85 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × SW1C or 2C radar, 1× Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar |
| Armament | 1 × 4 inch BL Mk.IX single gun, 2 × Vickers .50 machine guns (twin), 2 × .303 inch Lewis machine gun (twin), 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges, originally fitted with minesweeping and acoustic mine gear, later removed. |
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HMS Delphinium (K77) was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1940-1946. From 1941 to 1943 she was active in the Mediterranean as an escort to convoys supporting the Eighth Army and the invasion of Sicily. From mid-1943 onwards she was on convoy escort duties between Africa, the Mediterranean and the United Kingdom; and Atlantic convoys between North America and the United Kingdom. She escorted a total of 68 convoys.