HMS Fancy (J308)

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A. F. Dufour (M903)
History
United Kingdom
NameFancy
NamesakeFancy
Ordered25 June 1941
BuilderBlyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth
Laid down22 July 1941
Launched20 April 1943
Commissioned21 November 1943
DecommissionedDecember 1947
IdentificationPennant number: J308
FateSold to Belgium, 1951
Belgium
NameA.F. Dufour
NamesakeA.F. Dufour
Acquired1951
Commissioned9 August 1951
Decommissioned1957
RenamedN'Zadi
NamesakeN'Zadi
Decommissioned30 June 1960
Stricken1960
Identification
  • Call sign: ORJD
  • Pennant number: M903
FateAbandoned, 1960
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
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fancy and USS Fancy (AM-234).

HMS Fancy (J308) was a turbine engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to Belgium in 1951 as A.F. Dufour (M903).

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