HMS Rifleman (J299)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rifleman.
HMS Rifleman was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1943 and saw active service during World War II, both in the European and Far East theatres. After the war she served in the Mediterranean and was used as an accommodation ship in Barrow before being sold for breaking in 1972.
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Name | HMS Rifleman |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1205[1] |
Launched | 25 November 1943 |
Completed | 11 February 1944[1] |
Commissioned | 11 February 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: J299 |
Honours and awards | Normandy 1944, Burma 1945 |
Fate | Sold for breaking in 1972 |
Badge | On a Field Green, a Maltese cross surmounted by a Roundel Gold, charged with a bugle, stringed, Black. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 850 tons |
Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Installed power | 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW) |
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Complement | 85 |
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