HMS Liberty (J391)
51°12′39″N 3°15′40″E / 51.2108215°N 3.2610586°E
HMS Liberty (M391) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Liberty |
| Namesake | Liberty |
| Ordered | 30 April 1942 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 27 November 1943 |
| Launched | 22 August 1944 |
| Commissioned | 18 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | July 1946 |
| Reclassified | M391, 1949 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J391 |
| Fate | Sold to the Belgium, 1949 |
| Belgium | |
| Name | Adrien de Gerlache |
| Namesake | Adrien de Gerlache |
| Acquired | 1949 |
| Commissioned | 29 November 1949 |
| Decommissioned | 11 June 1970 |
| Reclassified | A954, 1959 |
| Stricken | 1970 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
|
| 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 |
|
| Propulsion |
|
| 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 Liberty (J391) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Belgium in 1949 as Adrien de Gerlache (M900).