HMS Fly (J306)
HMS Fly (J306) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fly |
| Namesake | Fly |
| Ordered | 27 May 1941 |
| Builder | Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew |
| Laid down | 6 October 1941 |
| Launched | 1 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned | February 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J306 |
| Fate | Sold to Iran, 1949 |
| Iran | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Palang |
| Acquired | 30 July 1949 |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1949 |
| Decommissioned | 1966 |
| Stricken | 1972 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1972 |
| 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 | 12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 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 Fly (J306) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Iran in 1949 as IIS Palang.