Buttercup 1942 as minesweeper
Buttercup 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Buttercup | K193 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 12.1940 | 21.3.1941 | 4/1942 | to United Kingdom 1944 (Buttercup) | |
| Godetia (ex-Dart) | K226 | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 1.1941 | 24.9.1941 | 2/1942 | to United Kingdom 1944 (Godetia) |
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Displacement standard, t |
925 |
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Displacement full, t |
1170 |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.14 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 230 (Godetia later 337) |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(12) |
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Armament |
Godetia: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Buttercup: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40), mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271 radar, type 128 sonar |
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Complement |
85 - 109 |
Project history: British Flower-class corvettes manned by Belgian crews during WWII.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, both: had light AA armament consisted of (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or (2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV). ASW armament consisted of 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL (on some ships), 4 DCT and 2 DCR (up to 72 DC).
Naval service: No significant events.
sister-ship Clematis 1940
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