HMS Owen (K640)
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HMS Owen was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". frigate built for the Royal Navy during World War 2.
Design and description
Owen was converted into a survey vessel while still under construction. She displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at standard load and Script error: No such module "convert". at deep load. The ship had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] She was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of Script error: No such module "convert". and gave a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. Owen carried a maximum of Script error: No such module "convert". of fuel oil that gave her a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".. The ship's complement was 133 officers and ratings.[2]
The survey ships were armed only with four 3-pounder saluting guns.[2]
Construction and career
She was named for the explorer and naval officer William Fitzwilliam Owen. She was originally laid down as the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". vessel Loch Muick, and re-ordered as Thurso Bay while building. She was completed as Owen, modified for use as a survey vessel for dealing with the large numbers of uncharted wrecks and mines around the British Isles as a result of World War II. For this purpose she was fitted for minesweeping.[3]
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