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HMS Redwing (1933)

Topic: Engineering

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

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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