HMS Tourmaline (J339)
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HMS Tourmaline (J339) was a Catherine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originally planned as USS Usage (AM-130), of the United States Navy's Auk class, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tourmaline (J339) |
Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
Laid down | 1 January 1942, as Usage (AM-130) |
Launched | 4 October 1942 |
Completed | 7 June 1943, and transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease |
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History | |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG Çardak (M507) |
Decommissioned | 1974 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Catherine-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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