HMS Blackpool (J27)

HMS Blackpool
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Blackpool
Laid down19 September 1939
Launched4 July 1940
Commissioned3 February 1941
DecommissionedJuly 1946
StrickenJuly 1946
FateTransferred to Norway, late 1946
Norway
NameHNoMS Tarna
Commissioned9 September 1946
Stricken1 May 1961
IdentificationM-310
FateScrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeBangor-class minesweeper
Displacement605 long tons (615 t)
Length174 ft (53.0 m) (o/a)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Installed power2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; diesel engine
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement60
Armament

HMS Blackpool (J27) was a diesel-powered British Bangor-class minesweeper that served in World War II. She was paid off and sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946.