History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tulip |
Ordered | 31 August 1939 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough |
Laid down | 30 May 1940 |
Launched | 4 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 18 November 1940 |
Out of service | Sold in May 1947 |
Renamed |
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Reclassified | Whaling ship between 1950 and 1964 |
Identification | Pennant number: K29 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1965 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) |
Complement | 85 men |
Armament |
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