HMS Bryony (K192)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bryony.
HMS Bryony was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Bryony |
Ordered | 8 April 1940 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Yard number | 1102[1] |
Laid down | 16 November 1940 |
Launched | 15 March 1941 |
Completed | 16 June 1942[1] |
Out of service | Sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1948 |
Identification | Pennant number: K192 |
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Norway | |
Name | Polarfront II |
Acquired | 1948 |
Stricken | 1979 |
Fate | Scrapped 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 940 tons |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) |
Complement | 85 men |
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