HMS Acanthus
Type: Corvette
Class: Flower
Code: k.01
Hernia based:
Launch: 21.10.1939
Put into service: 26.5.1941
Decommissioned: 1.10.1941 handed over to Norway and renamed Andenes
Shipyard: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland)
Length: 62.48m
Width: 10.06m
Draft: 4.04m
Displacement/max .: 940t/1180t
Crew: 80
Drive
2 × S.E boiler
Power: 2750HP
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 5000nm at 10u
Equipment
1 x 101.6mm
1 x 40mm
4-6 x 20mm or 12.7mm
2 x depth charges
1 x deep thrower (Hedgehog)
Type: Corvette
Class: Flower
Code: k.01
Hernia based:
Launch: 21.10.1939
Put into service: 26.5.1941
Decommissioned: 1.10.1941 handed over to Norway and renamed Andenes
Shipyard: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland)
Length: 62.48m
Width: 10.06m
Draft: 4.04m
Displacement/max .: 940t/1180t
Crew: 80
Drive
2 × S.E boiler
Power: 2750HP
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 5000nm at 10u
Equipment
1 x 101.6mm
1 x 40mm
4-6 x 20mm or 12.7mm
2 x depth charges
1 x deep thrower (Hedgehog)