HMS Bramble (J11)

HMS Bramble was a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the Royal Navy, which was commissioned in 1939, just prior to World War II. During the war she served as a minesweeper in the North Sea, and then on Russian convoys until sunk in the Battle of the Barents Sea on 31 December 1942 by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper and the destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bramble.

HMS Bramble, April 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bramble
Ordered11 August 1937
BuilderHM Dockyard, Devonport
Laid down22 November 1937
Launched12 July 1938
Commissioned22 June 1939
Honours and
awards		Arctic 1941–42
FateSunk, 31 December 1942
BadgeOn a Field White, a Bramble, slipped and leaved Proper
General characteristics
Class and typeHalcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 875 long tons (889 t) standard
  • 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full load
Length245 ft 9 in (74.90 m) o/a
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
  • Parsons steam turbines
  • 2,000 shp (1,500 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement121
Armament
  • As completed:
  • 2 × QF 4-inch Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns, single mounts HA Mk.III
  • 4 × .5-inch Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I
  • 4 × single .303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns
  • 4 × depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge rails
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