HMS Marigold (K87)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Marigold.
HMS Marigold was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 4 September 1940 and was sunk by an Italian air-dropped torpedo on 9 December 1942.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Marigold |
Ordered | 31 August 1939 |
Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, Scotland |
Laid down | 26 January 1940 |
Launched | 16 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 28 February 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K87 |
Fate | Sunk in air attack on 9 December 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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