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'''HMS ''Niger''''' was a {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper||ship}} of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched in 1936 and was sunk during the [[Second World War]] by a [[naval mine|mine]] near [[Iceland]] in 1942. |
'''HMS ''Niger''''' was a {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper||ship}} of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched in 1936 and was sunk during the [[Second World War]] by a [[naval mine|mine]] near [[Iceland]] in 1942. Five merchants she was escorting also sank top mines at the same spot. |
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Revision as of 23:48, 3 September 2010
HMS Niger (J73) Underway, coastal waters.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Niger (J73) |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 5 February 1935 |
Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes[1] |
Laid down | 1 April 1935 |
Launched | 29 January 1936 |
Homeport | Dover, Kent |
Fate | Sunk on 5 July 1942 from damage caused by a mine off Iceland. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Halcyon-class minesweeper |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 815–835 long tons (828–848 t) 1,310–1,372 long tons (1,331–1,394 t), full load |
Length | 245 ft 3 in (74.75 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Vertical triple-expansion, 2,000 ihp |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Range | 7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement | 80 |
Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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HMS Niger was a Halcyon-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1936 and was sunk during the Second World War by a mine near Iceland in 1942. Five merchants she was escorting also sank top mines at the same spot.
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