Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8942599
Area
Miscellaneous
Title
Charles Hill & Sons Bristol
Collection / set
Sub-set
Number in collection
Year
1938
Dimensions
31 x 23 cm
Language
Type
Number of pages
Person
Designer
Material
Colour
Part
Details

Yard no 263 HMS Barrier (Z 98) Navy The Royal Navy Type Boom defense vessel Class Bar Pennant Z 98 Built by Charles Hill & Sons (Bristol, U.K.) Ordered Laid down 19 Jun 1937 Launched 17 May 1938 Commissioned 27 Oct 1938 History The Bar class were a class of boom defense vessels of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and South African Navy during World War II. Displacement: 533 long tons (542 t) Length: 41.14 m (135 ft 0 in) Beam: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in) Draft: 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) Speed: 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) Complement: 30 Armament: 1×12-pounder gun August 1965 demolished NV “De Koophandel” Nieuw Lekkerkerk

This text has been translated automatically from Dutch

Click here for the original text