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HMS Bury (1919)

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Beam
  
28 ft (8.5 m)

Speed
  
max 16 knots

Length
  
70 m

Displacement
  
644,100 kg

Builder
  
South Shields

Draught
  
8 ft (2.4 m)

Launched
  
17 May 1919

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Draft
  
2.4 m

Fate
  
Sold 20 January 1923 to J Smith

Class and type
  
Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class

Propulsion
  
Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp

Place built
  
South Shields, United Kingdom

HMS Bury was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

A second HMS Bury served in World War II; it escorted convoy ONS-92 and rescued survivors from ships sunk by Wolf pack Hecht

References

HMS Bury (1919) Wikipedia