HMAS Snipe
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HMAS Snipe (M1102) (formerly HMS Alcaston) was a Ton-class minesweeper which served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Alcaston |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft and Company |
Launched | 4 September 1952 |
Fate | Sold to Australia |
Australia | |
Name | Snipe |
Acquired | 1961 |
Commissioned | 11 September 1962 |
Decommissioned | 3 June 1983 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ton-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 440 tons |
Length | 152 ft (46 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 33 |
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