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Miner VII 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
M1, 1942 - Miner I, 1962 - Minstrel	N11	885	Philip, Dartmouth	11.1938	6.7.1939	10.1939	sold 1967
M2, 1942 - Miner II, 1949 - Gossamer	N12	889	Philip, Dartmouth	12.1938	18.8.1939	1.1940	sunk as target 18.3.1970
M3, 1942 - Miner III	N13	890	Philip, Dartmouth	1.1939	16.11.1939	3.1940	sold 1972
M4, 1942 - Miner IV	N14	930	Philip, Dartmouth	2.1940	6.8.1940	11.1940	BU 5.1964
M5, 1942 - Miner V, 1960 - Britannic	N15	946	Philip, Dartmouth	4.1940	2.11.1940	6.1941	sunk as target 6.6.1970
Miner VI (ex-M6), 1966 - Minor Eagle	N16	989	Philip, Dartmouth	4.1941	7.2.1942	5.1942	sold 1976
M7			Philip, Dartmouth // Singapore	1941	---	---	cancelled
Miner VII (ex-M7), 1959 - Steady	N17	1072	Philip, Dartmouth	3.1943	29.1.1944	3.1944	sold 1981
Miner VIII (ex-M8), 1963 - Mindful	N18	1047	Philip, Dartmouth	3.1942	24.3.1943	5.1943	sold 1965

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	275
Displacement full, t	346
Length, m	33.6
Breadth, m	8.08
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Ruston / Hornsby diesels
Power, h. p.	360
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	M1 - 5: 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 10 mines M6, 7, Miner VII, VIII: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 10 mines
Electronic equipment	presumably Miner VI, VII, VIII: type 286U radar
Complement	32

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Project history

Small purpose-built minelayers.

Modernizations

1942, Miner I - V: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV.

1942-1943, all survived: presumably + type 286PU or type 291U radar

Naval service

M7 was scuttled incomplete at Singapore in 2.1942.

Many thanks to Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.