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HMS Statice (K 281)
ex-Vim (PG 99)


British Flower Class Corvette/Action Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down in 1943 as Vim (PG 99) for the U.S. Navy at Collingwood Shipyard, Collingwood, United Kingdom; Launched, 1 April 1943; Acquired by the Royal Navy, 10 April 1943 under the Lend-Lease Program; Commissioned HMS Statice (K-281); Returned to U.S. Navy custody, 21 June 1946; Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold, 7 May 1947; Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany
in 1961.

Specifications: Displacement 980 t; Length 205'; Beam 33'; Draft 11'; Speed 16 kts; Complement 109; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 2-pounder gun mount, six 20mm, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp.


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