HMS Hare (J389)
HMS Hare (J389) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hare |
| Namesake | Hare |
| Ordered | 30 April 1942 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 27 November 1943 |
| Launched | 20 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1959 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J389 |
| Fate | Sold to Nigeria, May 1958 |
| Nigeria | |
| Name | Nigeria |
| Namesake | Nigeria |
| Acquired | May 1958 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught | 12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | |
HMS Hare (J389) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Nigeria in 1958 as HMNS Nigeria.