HMS Linnet (M69)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Linnet
Namesake	Common linnet
Ordered	22 March 1937
Builder	Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	September 1937
Launched	3 May 1938
Commissioned	1 November 1938
Identification	Pennant number: M69
Fate	Scrapped at Dunston in 1964
General characteristics
Type	Linnet-class minelayer
Displacement	498 tons standard
Length	145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) (p/p); 163 ft 9 in (49.91 m) (o/a);
Beam	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine; 1 shaft; 400 hp (300 kW);
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Complement	24
Armament	2 × twin 0.303 in machine guns; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (from 1942); 12 mines;

HMS Linnet was one of three Royal Navy Linnet-class minelayers built in 1938.

References

Jane's Fighting Ships 1939, p. 98
Cocker, M.P. (1993). Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy: 1908 to Date. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-328-4.