History
United Kingdom
Name	HMSFelixstowe
Builder	Lobnitz and Company,Renfrew, Scotland
Laid down	8 August 1940
Launched	15 January 1941
Commissioned	11 July 1941
Fate	Sunk by amine on 18 December 1943
General characteristics
Class & type	Bangor-classminesweeper
Displacement	673 long tons (684 t) standard 860 long tons (874 t) full
Length	189 ft (58 m)o/a
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Installed power	2,400 ihp (1,800 kW) 2 ×Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	16knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × single12 pounder 3-inch (76 mm)anti-aircraft gun 1 × singleQF 2-pounder (4 cm) AA gunor 1 × quadrupleVickers .50 machine gun

HMSFelixstowe was aBangor-classminesweepers built for theRoyal Navy during the Second World War.

TheBangor class was designed as a small minesweeper that could be easily built in large numbers by civilian shipyards; assteam turbines were difficult to manufacture, the ships were designed to accept a wide variety of engines.Felixstowe displaced 673 long tons (684 t) atstandard load and 860 long tons (870 t) atdeep load. The ship had anoverall length of 189 feet (57.6 m), abeam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and adraught of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m).^[1] The ship's complement consisted of 60 officers andratings.^[2]

She was powered by twovertical triple-expansion steam engines (VTE), each driving one shaft, using steam provided by twoAdmiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,400shaft horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship carried a maximum of 160 long tons (163 t) offuel oil that gave her a range of 2,800nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).^[3]

The VTE-poweredBangors were armed with a12 pounder 3-inch (76 mm)anti-aircraft gun and a singleQF 2-pounder (4 cm) AA gun or a quadruple mount for theVickers .50 machine gun. In some ships the 2-pounder was replaced a single or twin20 mm Oerlikon AA gun, while most ships were fitted with four additional single Oerlikon mounts over the course of the war.^[3] For escort work, their minesweeping gear could be exchanged for around 40depth charges.^[2]

She was built byLobnitz and Company,Renfrew, Scotland and launched on 22 July 1941. She served in theMediterranean during theSecond World War. Thus far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy named after theSuffolk town ofFelixstowe. She struck amine on 18 December 1943 and sank east of Capo Ferro,Sardinia, Italy.

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• HMSFelixstowe at Uboat.net

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