HMS Pickle (J293)
HMS Pickle c1943 (IWM) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Pickle |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 11 January 1943 |
| Launched | 3 August 1943 |
| Completed | 15 October 1943 |
| History | |
| Ceylon | |
| Name | Parakrama |
| Acquired | 1958 |
| Commissioned | 1959 |
| Out of service | 1964 |
| Homeport | Trincomalee |
| Fate | broken up, 1964 |
| 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 | 11 ft (3.4 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 | |
HMCyS Parakrama, was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Ceylon Navy, originally built as HMS Pickle (J293) for the Royal Navy during World War II, and transferred to Ceylon by the United Kingdom in 1958. She was scrapped in 1964.