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HMS Smilax (K 280)
ex-Tact (PG 98)



Tact call sign:
Nan - George - Fox - George

Tact served the United Kingdom and Argentina.

British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down in 1942 as Tact (PG 98) for the U.S. Navy at Collingwood Shipyards, Ltd., Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; Launched, 19 November 1942; Transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program 21 June 1943; Commissioned HMS Smilax (K 280); Returned to U.S. Navy custody, 18 October 1946; Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold to Argentina in 1948 as ARA República (P 10); Decommissioned in 1961. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1375 t; Length 205'; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 90; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts, two 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp; Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. engine, one shaft.

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Tact 59k c. 1960
Seen here as ARA República (P 10)		 Robert Hirst
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