HMS Niger (J73)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Niger (J73)
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	5 February 1935
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
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); 2 x QF 4 in Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns, single mounts HA Mk.III; 4 x QF 0.5 in Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I; 8 x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns;

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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