HMS Redwing (1933)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Redwing.

History
United Kingdom
Name| 1933–1941: Redwing
Ordered| 12 May 1933
Builder| J. Samuel White & Company
Yard number| 1753
Laid down| June 1933
Launched| 19 October 1933
Commissioned| 1934
Decommissioned| unknown
Identification| Pennant number: T36,[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:|  submarine tender, torpedo recovery vessel
Displacement:|  225t
Length:|  112 ft 3.21 in (34.2 m)
Beam:|  25 ft 7.08 in (7.8 m)
Draught:|  7 ft 10.48 in (2.4 m)
Installed power:|  250 IHP
Propulsion:|

* 2 sets of reciprocating compound steam engines
* 1 cylindrical Scotch boiler

Speed:|  9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement:|  12
Notes:|

* Torpedo load: 8x Mark VIII
* tender to HMS Defiance

HMS Redwing (pennant number T36) was a torpedo recovery vessel built for the Royal Navy. She was built by J. Samuel White & Company, East Cowes, Isle of Wight and was launched on 29 October 1933. She was builder's number 1753. She was the sister ship of HMS Elfin, yard nr 1754. She was a tender to the torpedo school HMS Defiance in Devonport.[2]

## Notes

1. ↑ Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II. Random House. 1989. pp. New York. ISBN 0-517-67963-9. https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi00fran/page/.
2. ↑ "HMS ELFIN website in Dutch". http://www.elfin.nl/redwing.htm.

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