Engineering:HMS Redwing (1933)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | 1933–1941: Redwing |
| Ordered: | 12 May 1933 |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White & Company |
| Yard number: | 1753 |
| Laid down: | June 1933 |
| Launched: | 19 October 1933 |
| Commissioned: | 1934 |
| Decommissioned: | unknown |
| Identification: | Pennant number: T36,[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | submarine tender, torpedo recovery vessel |
| Displacement: | 225t |
| Length: | 112 ft 3.21 in (34.2 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 7.08 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft 10.48 in (2.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 250 IHP |
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| Speed: | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement: | 12 |
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HMS Redwing (pennant number T36) was a torpedo recovery vessel built for the Royal Navy. She was built by J. Samuel White & Company, East Cowes, Isle of Wight and was launched on 29 October 1933. She was builder's number 1753. She was the sister ship of HMS Elfin, yard nr 1754. She was a tender to the torpedo school HMS Defiance in Devonport.[2]
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