HMS Borage (K120)

	HMS Borage underway. As originally built with minesweeping gear on bow.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Borage
Namesake	Borage
Builder	George Brown & Co, Greenock
Yard number	J1161
Laid down	27 November 1940
Launched	22 November 1941
Completed	29 April 1942
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: K120
Fate	Transferred to the Irish Naval Service, scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft; 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers; 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar; 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV ASDIC;
Armament	1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun; 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges; originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed;

HMS Borage was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II.

History
HMS Borage underway. As originally built with minesweeping gear on bow.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Borage
Namesake	Borage
Builder	George Brown & Co, Greenock
Yard number	J1161
Laid down	27 November 1940
Launched	22 November 1941
Completed	29 April 1942
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: K120
Fate	Transferred to the Irish Naval Service, scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors & processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV ASDIC
Armament	1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed