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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

126ft Admiralty-type motor minesweepers (HICKORY LAKE) (1945-1946)

Alder Lake 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alder Lake J480   Midland SB   3.12.1944 9.1945 to Soviet Union 9.1945 (T-196)
Ash Lake J481   Midland SB   --- 9.1948 // --- completed as research vessel
Beech Lake J482   Vancouver SY   31.5.1945 2.1946 to Soviet Union 2.1946 (T-200)
Birch Lake J483   Port Carling SB   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Cedar Lake J484   Taylor, Toronto   1.8.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-197)
Cherry Lake J485   Taylor, Toronto   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Elm Lake J486   Mac Craft, Sarnia   25.8.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-198)
Fir Lake J487   Mac Craft, Sarnia   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Hickory Lake J488   Grew Boats, Pentetanguishene   6.11.1944 8.1945 to Soviet Union 8.1945 (T-194)
Larch Lake J489   Grew Boats, Pentetanguishene   8.9.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-193)
Maple Lake J490   Clare SB, Methaghan   --- --- cancelled 9.1944
Oak Lake J491   Clare SB, Methaghan   --- --- cancelled 9.1944
Pine Lake J492   Port Carling SB   1945 9.1945 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 9.1945 (T-195)
Poplar Lake J493   Star SY, New Westminster   10.5.1945 1/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 1.1946 (T-199)
Spruce Lake J494   Star SY, New Westminster   10.7.1945 3/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 3.1946 (T-201)
Willow Lake J495   Newcastle SB, Nanaimo   27.7.1945 3/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 3.1946 (T-202)

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

430

Length, m

42.7

Breadth, m

8.51

Draught, m

3.15 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 54

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(9.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 2 x 2 -20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

21

Project history: Enlarged variant of 115ft MMS. Wooden hull, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015