HMS Beagle (A319)
Bordeaux Sun 1 Mar 92 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Beagle |
| Builder | Brooke Marine, Lowestoft |
| Launched | 7 September 1967 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 2002 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold March 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,050 long tons |
| Length | 189.6 ft (57.8 m) o/a |
| Beam | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Four Lister Blackstone ER58M 8-cylinder diesel engines, 2,640 bhp, twin screws, variable pitch propellers. |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 miles (at 12 knots) |
| Complement | 45 |
HMS Beagle was a Bulldog class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy and was the ninth to bear the name.