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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

CYBELE mine destruction vessels (1944)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cybele   1383 Denny, Dumbarton // Scotts, Greenock 9/1943 16.11.1943 5/1944 sold 1946
Cyrus   1709 Swan Hunter, Wallsend // Scotts, Greenock 9/1943 1/1944 5.1944 wrecked 12.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

3980

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

106.7

Breadth, m

18.3

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

none

Machinery

none

Power, h. p.

none

Max speed, kts

none

Fuel, t

none
Endurance, nm(kts) ---

Armament

none
Electronic equipment none

Complement

none in time of sweeping

Project history: Two specially built ships were ordered in September 1943 for use against German hydrodynamic pressure mines, they were non-self-propelled and operated under tow without a crew.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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