HMIS Cornwallis (L09)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Aubretia class sloop |
| Name: | HMS Lychnis |
| Ordered: | December 1916 |
| Builder: | William Hamilton and Company |
| Launched: | 21 August 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1917 |
| Out of service: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Royal Indian Marine |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMIS Cornwallis |
| Acquired: | 1921 (transferred from the Royal Navy) |
| Out of service: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 1,250 tons |
| Length: | 255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p/p 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 screw |
| Speed: | Designed for 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) at 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW), but actually made 15-16.5 knots with this power. Required 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW). for 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h). |
| Range: | 205 tons of coal |
| Complement: | 80 men |
| Armament: | Designed to mount 3 × 12-pdr guns and 2 × 3-pdr AA, but had 2 × 4 inch gun, 1 × 3-pdr AA and depth charge throwers |
HMIS Cornwallis (L09) was an
She served during
History
HMS Lychnis was ordered in 1916 and commissioned in 1917 as a part of the Emergency War Programme of World War I.
Following the end of the war, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Marine and commissioned as HMIS Cornwallis. In 1934, RIM was renamed Royal Indian Navy. During World War II, she was a part of the
She was decommissioned and scrapped in 1946, soon after the end of the war.
Notes
References
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMIS_Cornwallis_(L09)
