HMS Hythe (J194)
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| Class and type: | Bangor class minesweeper |
| Name: | HMS Hythe |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 20 July 1940 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 5 March 1942 |
| Fate: | sunk by U-371 on 11 October 1943 |
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| Displacement: | 656 tons |
| Length: | 174 ft (53.0 m) |
| Beam: | 28.5 ft (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8.25 ft (2.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers two shafts coupled to steam turbines 2,000 shp (1500 kW) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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HMS Hythe was a Bangor class minesweeper of Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Troon, Scotland and commissioned in 1941. Her pennant number was J 194. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Hythe, after the town of Hythe in Kent.
Hythe saw service in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, where she was based in Malta as part of the 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 on 11 October 1943 off Bougie, Algeria.
[edit] Sources
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allen Ltd.
[edit] External links
- HMS Hythe (J 194) - uboat.net
- Minesweeping at Malta
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