HMS Fancy (J308)
6°00′29″S 12°24′09″E / 6.0081372°S 12.4024879°E
A. F. Dufour (M903) | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fancy |
| Namesake | Fancy |
| Ordered | 25 June 1941 |
| Builder | Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth |
| Laid down | 22 July 1941 |
| Launched | 20 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | December 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J308 |
| Fate | Sold to Belgium, 1951 |
| Belgium | |
| Name | A.F. Dufour |
| Namesake | A.F. Dufour |
| Acquired | 1951 |
| Commissioned | 9 August 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 1957 |
| Renamed | N'Zadi |
| Namesake | N'Zadi |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1960 |
| Stricken | 1960 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Abandoned, 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | |
HMS Fancy (J308) was a steam turbine-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).