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HMS Bridport (J50)

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Minesweeper of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bridport.
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HMS Bangor, sister ship of Bridport
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bridport
Ordered6 July 1939
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Govan
Laid down11 September 1939
Launched29 February 1940
Commissioned28 November 1940
RenamedHMRAFV Bridport
FateScrapped, 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeBangor-class minesweeper
Displacement605 tons
Length162 ft (49.4 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught8.25 ft (2.51 m)
Propulsion2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement60
Armament

HMS Bridport was a Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built at the William Denny and Brothers shipyard in Dumbarton in 1940, and was sold in 1946 to the Royal Air Force Marine Branch, where she became HMRAFV Bridport and served until 1959, when she was broken up at Plymouth.

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