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Courage (PG 70)
ex-HMS Heartaease (K 15)
ex-HMS Pansy



Courage call sign:
November - Delta - Oscar - November

Courage served the Navies of Great Britain and the United States.


British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Built 1939 as the "Flower Class" corvette HMS Pansy by Harland and Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland; Launched 20 April 1940; Renamed Heartsease (K 15); Acquired by the U.S. Navy 18 March 1942; Commissioned USS Courage (PG-70), 3 April 1942; Decommissioned 22 August 1945 at Harwich, England and returned to the Royal Navy 23 August 1945; Sold into Merchant service 22 July 1946; Named Roskva in 1951; Renamed Douglas in 1956; Renamed Seabird in 1958; Lost in December 1958.

Specifications: Displacement 925 t; Length 205' 2"; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 87; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp.


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