Minesweeper used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War
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History |
United Kingdom |
Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmill, Beverley[1] |
Launched | 28 October 1916[1] |
Completed | 15 January 1917[1] |
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Namesake | Kastoria |
Acquired | May 1941[1] |
Commissioned | May 1941[1] |
Decommissioned | April 1946[1] |
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In service | April 1946[1] |
Fate | Scrapped in Poland, 1959[1] |
General characteristics |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement | 307 tons[1] |
HM Trawler Kastoria, pennant number 4.148, was a Royal Navy minesweeper during the Second World War. She was originally a commercial trawler but was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1941 as a naval trawler and returned to her original owners in 1946.[1]
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