HMS Latona (M76)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Latona |
| Ordered | 23 December 1938 |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Hampshire |
| Laid down | 4 April 1939 |
| Launched | 20 August 1940 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number M76 |
| Motto | Vestigia nostra cavate: 'Beware our tracks' |
| Honours & awards | Libya 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk on 25 October 1941 |
| Badge | On a Field barry wavy White and Blue, upon a pomme vert a sun in splendour Gold eclipsed by a moon White. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Abdiel-class minelayer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
| Complement | 242 |
| Armament |
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HMS Latona was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy. She served briefly during the Second World War, but was sunk less than six months after commissioning.