HMS Protector (A146)

	HMS Protector in 1952, prior to be being refitted for Antarctic service
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Protector
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down	August 1935
Launched	20 August 1936
Commissioned	30 December 1936
Reclassified	Antarctic patrol ship in 1955
Fate	Sold 10 February 1970 for breaking up
General characteristics
Displacement	2,900 tons as net layer; 3,450 tons as ice patrol ship;
Length	346 ft (105 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers; Two British Thomson-Houston geared turbines;
Speed	19 knots
Complement	21 officers; 238 ratings;
Armament	Twin 4-inch gun mounting; Twin Oerlikon mountings; Four Hotchkiss 3-pdr saluting gun;
Aircraft carried	Two Westland Whirlwind helicopters

HMS Protector was an Antarctic patrol vessel of the Royal Navy between 1955 and 1968. She was built in 1935 as a net laying ship.

History
HMS Protector in 1952, prior to be being refitted for Antarctic service
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Protector
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down	August 1935
Launched	20 August 1936
Commissioned	30 December 1936
Reclassified	Antarctic patrol ship in 1955
Fate	Sold 10 February 1970 for breaking up
General characteristics
Displacement	2,900 tons as net layer 3,450 tons as ice patrol ship
Length	346 ft (105 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers Two British Thomson-Houston geared turbines
Speed	19 knots
Complement	21 officers 238 ratings
Armament	Twin 4-inch gun mounting Twin Oerlikon mountings Four Hotchkiss 3-pdr saluting gun
Aircraft carried	Two Westland Whirlwind helicopters