WWII auxiliary minelayers
more than 1000 BRT:
Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Tonnage, BRT | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Machinery, Fuel, t | Armament | Fate |
Bungaree | 9.2.1937 // 10.1940 | Caledon, Dundee, UK | 3155 | 112.5 x 14.8 x 6.8 | 11 | 1VTE+exh turbine, coal 573 | 2 - 102/40 Mk IV, 1 - 76/40, 467 mines | returned 1946 |
Project history: Merchant vessels requisitioned by Admiralty for minelaying.
Modernizations: 1944: - 2 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V
Naval service: No significant events.
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