HMS Samphire (K128)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Samphire
Ordered	25 July 1939
Builder	Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Laid down	4 December 1940
Launched	14 April 1941
Commissioned	30 June 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K128
Fate	Sunk on 30 January 1943
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers; one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine;
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	85 men
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk IX gun,; two .50 inch (12.7 mm) twin machine guns,; two .303 inch (7.7-mm) Lewis machine guns; two stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges;

HMS Samphire was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.

She was built by Smiths Dock Company, in South Bank-on-Tees, and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 30 June 1941.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Samphire
Ordered	25 July 1939
Builder	Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Laid down	4 December 1940
Launched	14 April 1941
Commissioned	30 June 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K128
Fate	Sunk on 30 January 1943
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	85 men
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk IX gun, two .50 inch (12.7 mm) twin machine guns, two .303 inch (7.7-mm) Lewis machine guns two stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges