HMS Snowdrop (K67)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Snowdrop.

HMS Snowdrop was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Snowdrop
Ordered	31 August 1939
Builder	Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Laid down	4 February 1941
Launched	12 May 1941
Commissioned	30 July 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K67
Fate	Sold on 17 May 1947 Broken up in 1949
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating engine 2 × Scotch fire-tube boilers 1 × screw
Speed	16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Range	3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors & processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.IX gun 4 × Vickers .50 cal machine gun (2×2) 4 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (2×2) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear (later removed)

She was built at Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. South Bank on Tees and launched on 12 May 1941. She was sold on 17 May 1947 and scrapped on the Tyne in September 1949.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

External links

• HMS Snowdrop