HMS Blackpool (J27)

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

HMS Blackpool
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Blackpool
Laid down:	19 September 1939
Launched:	4 July 1940
Commissioned:	3 February 1941
Decommissioned:	July 1946
Stricken:	July 1946
Fate:	Transferred to Norway, late 1946
Norway
Name:	HNoMS Tarna
Commissioned:	9 September 1946
Stricken:	1 May 1961
Identification:	M-310
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement:	605 tons
Length:	162 ft (49.4 m)
Beam:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught:	8.25 ft (2.51 m)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	60
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder 3 in (76.2 mm) gun 1 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers machine gun Mark III

History

Second World War

HMS Blackpool was ordered on 6 July 1939 from Harland and Wolff, and laid down at Govan shipyard, Glasgow on 19 September 1939. She was launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 3 February 1941. She was named after the English coastal town Blackpool, and was the first vessel to carry that name.[1]

Following her work-up, she served on escort and minesweeping duties in the English Channel for most of the war.[1]

Post war duties

Blackpool continued mine clearing duties near Plymouth until July 1946, when she was paid off to reserve status, and sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy later that year.[2]

Royal Norwegian Navy

Blackpool was purchased and renamed Tarna by the Royal Norwegian Navy, and remained on the active register of ships until being struck in May 1961.[3]

References

1. "HMS Blackpool, minesweeper". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
2. "HMS Blackpool (J 27) of the Royal Navy - British Minesweeper of the Bangor class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
3. "Minesveiper HMS Blackpool J27 - Sjøhistorie.no". www.sjohistorie.no. Retrieved 2018-04-08.