HMS Fidelity (D57)
Special Service Vessel of the British Royal Navy during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Fidelity (D57) was a Special Service Vessel of the British Royal Navy during World War II, originally the French merchant vessel Le Rhin.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Fidelity |
Builder | H. & C. Grayson Ltd., Garston, Liverpool |
Launched | 23 February 1920 |
Completed | 1920 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1940 |
Fate | Sunk, 30 December 1942 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Special Service Vessel |
Tonnage | 2,356 GRT |
Length | 80.7 m (264 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | 252 nhp triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 280 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes |
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