H.M.S. Abdiel
M.39
1943
(Neptun 1150)
- Class: Abdiel - 6 fast minelayers of 1938-41
- Displacement: 2,650 tons
- Dimensions: 400.5 (pp) 418 (oa) x 40 x 11.25 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, SHP 72,000 = 40 knots
- Armament: 6-4in (3x2), 4-2pdr (1x4), 7-20mm guns; 160 mines
- Complement: 242
- Builder: White (Cowes)
- Laid Down: 29 Mar 1939
- Launched: 23 Apr 1940
- Completed: 15 Apr 1941
- Service: Mediterranean fleet 1941, Eastern fleet 1942, Home fleet 1942-43, Mediterranean fleet 1943. Mined and sunk Taranto Bay 9 Sep 1943.
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