HMS Pickle (J293)

	HMS Pickle c1943 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Pickle
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Laid down	11 January 1943
Launched	3 August 1943
Completed	15 October 1943
History
Ceylon
Name	Parakrama
Acquired	1958
Commissioned	1959
Out of service	1964
Homeport	Trincomalee
Fate	broken up, 1964
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	850 long tons (864 t) (standard); 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) (deep);
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,000 shp (1,500 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Parsons geared steam turbines;
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun; 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

HMCyS Parakrama, was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Ceylon Navy, originally built as HMS Pickle (J293) for the Royal Navy during World War II, and transferred to Ceylon by the United Kingdom in 1958. She was scrapped in 1964.

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