Plover 1943
Plover 1963
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Plover | N26 | 1302 | Denny, Dumbarton | 10.1936 | 8.6.1937 | 9.1937 | sold 1968 |
Displacement standard, t |
805 |
Displacement full, t |
1020 |
Length, m |
59.5 |
Breadth, m |
11.4 |
Draught, m |
3.05 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1400 |
Max speed, kts |
14.75 |
Fuel, t |
oil 116 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 80 mines |
Complement |
69 |
Project history: Purpose-built coastal minelayer.
Modernizations: Late 1939: - 2 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV
circa 1941 - 1943: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mine stowage was increased up to 100, presumably type 271 radar
Naval service: Plover laid over 15000 mines in days of war.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Plover 1943
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