HMS ABDIEL N21
HMS ADBIEL : N21
Displacement: 1460 tonnes full load
Length 265 ft, Beam 38 ft 6 ins, Draught 10 ft.
Propulsion: Two shafts driven by 18-cylinder Paxman diesel engines, 2,960 bhp
Speed: 16 knots.
Ships Company: 98, plus additional MCM staff for exercises and operations.
Navigational Radar: Type 978
Armament: Offensive 44 mines, Defensive single Bofors 40/60 cannon.
Designed as a Headquarters and Support Ship for mine counter measure forces and exercise minelayer. Workshops & spares embarked enable mine counter measures ships to operate well away from home bases.
ABDIEL was (at time of photo) the only operational minelayer in the Royal Navy.
Built at Thornycroft’s Woolston shipyard she was commissioned on 17th October 1967, being finally paid off in 1988 and sold for scrapping.
Photo : 21 Sept 1980 at Harwich
HMS ABDIEL N21
HMS ADBIEL : N21
Displacement: 1460 tonnes full load
Length 265 ft, Beam 38 ft 6 ins, Draught 10 ft.
Propulsion: Two shafts driven by 18-cylinder Paxman diesel engines, 2,960 bhp
Speed: 16 knots.
Ships Company: 98, plus additional MCM staff for exercises and operations.
Navigational Radar: Type 978
Armament: Offensive 44 mines, Defensive single Bofors 40/60 cannon.
Designed as a Headquarters and Support Ship for mine counter measure forces and exercise minelayer. Workshops & spares embarked enable mine counter measures ships to operate well away from home bases.
ABDIEL was (at time of photo) the only operational minelayer in the Royal Navy.
Built at Thornycroft’s Woolston shipyard she was commissioned on 17th October 1967, being finally paid off in 1988 and sold for scrapping.
Photo : 21 Sept 1980 at Harwich