HMS Scott (J79)
HMS Scott, 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Scott |
| Namesake | Robert Falcon Scott |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Laid down | 30 August 1937 |
| Launched | 23 August 1938 |
| Completed | 23 February 1939 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Halcyon-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 245 ft 9 in (74.90 m) o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 80 |
HMS Scott (J79) was a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the British Royal Navy completed as an unarmed survey ship with an enlarged bridge and a large chart room abaft the extended forecastle deck. She served through World War II and the two following decades.