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Name Official number Flag IMO
ACANTHUS    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1941  23/05/1941  01/10/1941 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Corvette  Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon   436 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 976 disp 208 ft 3 in  33 ft 0 in    17 ft 6 in 
Engine builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon
Engine detail
1 - Screw, steam reciprocating ihp 2880 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal Navy     
Other names
1941 ANDENES - 1956 COLIN FRYE # - 1957 TOSHI MARU NO. 2 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
served with the Norwegian Navy from completion and sold to them in 1946. 1950 reclassified as a frigate F.307. 17/6/56 sold to United Whaling and converted by Inglis ON18051. 1957 sold to Taiyo Gyogyo KK, Tokyo. 
Remarks
corvette Flower class K.01 
End year Fate / Status
1971  Broken Up  
Disposal Detail
scrapped in Japan 
 

 

Andenes 1942
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Andenes
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Andenes at Glasgow 1956
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