HMAS Sprightly (W 103)
HMAS Sprightly was a tugboat operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1943 and 1953.
Sister ship HMAS Reserve in 1951 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Builder | Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 1942 |
| Launched | 7 August 1942. |
| Acquired |
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| Commissioned | 23 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1958 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7021704 |
| Fate | Sold in 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 800 tons |
| Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × 3 inch HA/LA gun, 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 2 × M2 Browning machine gun |
| Notes | Ship characteristics from |
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