HMS Algerine (J213)

Algerine in profile, with her pennant number visible
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Algerine
Ordered	15 November 1940
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	1132[1]
Laid down	15 March 1941
Launched	22 December 1941
Completed	24 March 1942[1]
Commissioned	24 March 1942
Identification	Pennant number: J213
Fate	Sunk by a torpedo from the Ascianghi on 15 November 1942
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General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	850 long tons (864 t) (standard) 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) (deep load)
Length	225 ft (68.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.8 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2,000 shp (1,500 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	Type 271 surface-search radar Type 291 air-search radar
Armament	1 × single 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V gun 4 × twin 20-millimetre (0.8 in) Oerlikon autocannon 2 × depth charge rails and 4 depth charge throwers

HMS Algerine was the lead ship of her namesake class of minesweepers built for the Royal Navy during World War II, the Algerine-class minesweepers. Initially assigned to the North Sea, she was transferred to lead the 12th Minesweeping Flotilla. The Flotilla were posted to the Mediterranean to assist with Operation Torch. In 1942, after a successful mine clearing operation off Bougie, she was torpedoed by the Ascianghi, causing Algerine to sink, leaving only eight survivors.