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Name Official number Flag IMO
REDPOLE    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1943  25/02/1943  24/06/1943 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Sloop  Steel Steam Turbine 1 Mast 
Builder Yard Yard no
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow   1781 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1430 disp 299 ft 6in oa  38 ft 6in    11 ft 6in deep load 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2 shaft Parsons Geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 4300shp giving 19.75 knots
Denny Brown stabilisers 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Sloop, Modified Black Swan Class - U.69, F.69
1949 she was transferred to Portsmouth for conversion to a Navigation Training Ship and she was then attached to HMS Dryad for ten years
Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1943-44 - NORMANDY 1944 - BURMA 1944-45 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1960  Broken Up 20/11/1960 
Disposal Detail
Arrived at St Davids on the Forth for BU on 20/11/1960. 
 

 

Redpole 1943
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Redpole at Spithead
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Redpole 1959
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