HMS Brave (J305)

HMS Brave (J305) was a turbine engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War.

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

HMS Brave
History
United Kingdom
NameBrave
NamesakeBrave
Ordered20 May 1941
BuilderBlyth Shipbuilding Company, Northumberland
Laid down23 April 1942
Launched4 February 1943
Commissioned3 August 1943
Decommissioned1946
Recommissioned1951
Decommissioned1957
RenamedSatellite
NamesakeSatellite
IdentificationPennant number: J305
FateScrapped, 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeAlgerine-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 850 long tons (864 t) (standard)
  • 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) (deep)
Length225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement85
Armament
  • 1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
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