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Name Official number Flag IMO
SKIPJACK    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1934  18/01/1934  08/05/1934 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Minesweeper  Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  537 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 815 disp 245 ft 6 in  33 ft 6 in    10 ft 3 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2 shaft, 2 x steam reciprocating, 2 admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 1750shp giving 17 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Minesweeper, Halcyon Class – N.38, J.38 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1940  Bombed 01/05/1940 
Disposal Detail
Bombed and sunk during the Dunkirk evacuation on 1/5/1940. She lost 19 crew and 275 troops were also killed, most trapped in the hull. 
 

 

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