Zinnia 1939
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Zinnia, 5.1945- Jan Breydel | Lobnitz, Renfrew, UK | 1915 | 12.8.1915 | 9.1915 // 6.1920 | fishery protection vessel 1927, captured by Germany 18.5.1940 (Barbara), returned 5.1945, stricken 1952 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1210 |
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Displacement full, t |
1275 |
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Length, m |
76.2 pp 80.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 |
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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. |
1800 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 130 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/40 QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 DCT, 1 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
90 |
Project history: Former British sloop Zinnia of Flower class (Azalea group). She was purchased by Belgian Government 19.4.1920 and in June commissioned under former name. Since 1927 Zinnia was used as unarmed fishery protection vessel.
Modernizations: 1927: armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 7.9/87, engine power was decreased (1400hp, 14kts, 250t coal)
5/1945: armament consisted of 3 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 4 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 3 x 4 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: Zinnia was captured by German troops 18.5.1940 at Antwerp, repaired and reconstructed at Cockerill and commissioned by Germans as escort ship Barbara. After war she was returned to Belgium, reclassified as frigate, renamed and broken up in 1952.
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