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Name Official number Flag IMO
FRANKLIN    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1938  22/12/1937  17/08/1938 
Vessel type Vessel description
Survey   Steel Steam Turbine 2 masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon   426 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 815 disp 245 ft 3 in  33 ft 6 in    7 ft 3 in 
Engine builder J I Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton
Engine detail
2-shaft geared Turbines VC, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 2000ihp giving 17 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal Navy     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Survey Ship, ex Minesweeper Halcyon Class – N.84, J84

Battle Honour: NORMANDY 1944 
Remarks
minesweeping sloop Halcyon class N.84. Completed as a survey ship. Served as minesweeper in wartime. 
End year Fate / Status
1956  Broken Up  
Disposal Detail
2/1956 arrived Dunston for scrapping by Clayton & Davie 
 

 

Franklin
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Franklin May 1946
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Franklin 1951
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Franklin 1951
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