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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWII auxiliary convoy escorts

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Antwerp 1920 // 12.1940 John Brown, Clydebank 2957 98.0(pp)x13.1x 21 2turbines 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V HA, 4 - 40/39 pompom fighter direction vessel 1944, returned 1945
Malines 6.1.1921 // 11.1940 Armstrong, Elswick 2969 97.7(pp)x13.2x 21 2turbines 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V HA returned 1944

Project history: Auxiliary convoy escorts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  No significant events.

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