HMS Snowdrop (K67)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Snowdrop
Ordered31 August 1939
BuilderSmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Laid down4 February 1941
Launched12 May 1941
Commissioned30 July 1941
Identification Pennant number: K67
Fate
  • Sold on 17 May 1947
  • Broken up in 1949
General characteristics
Class and type Flower-class corvette
Displacement925 long tons (940 t)
Length205 ft (62 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating engine
  • 2 × Scotch fire-tube boilers
  • 1 × screw
Speed16  kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Range3,500  nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament

HMS Snowdrop was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.

She was built at Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. South Bank on Tees and launched on 12 May 1941. She was sold on 17 May 1947 and scrapped on the Tyne in September 1949.

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