NIGERIA corvette (1944/1959)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nigeria (ex-Hare)			Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	11/1943	20.6.1944	11/1944 // 7.1959	returned 1962, BU

Displacement standard, t	980
Displacement full, t	1265
Length, m	68.6
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.12 - 3.20 deep load (3.58 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 geared steam turbines sets, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 235
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (92)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	138

Nigeria 1960

A war-built minesweeper, transferred from the RN.

None.

Nigeria was returned to UK after 3-years service with boiler and other defects.