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Completed: 1940
Displacement: 940 tons full 1,180 tons
Length: 62,48 meters
Beam: 10,06 meters
Draught: 4,04 meters
Armament: 1 × 102mm, 1 × 40mm , 4-6 × 20mm / 12.7mm, ASW (0-1×hedgehog, 1-2×DCL, 1-2×DCR)
Propulsion: 2 × S.E cylindrical boilers, 1 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines @ 2750 hp, 1 (shaft)
Speed: 16 kts
Complement: 85
While based Freetown, HMS Cowslip K 196 rescued 47 crew members and seven gunners from British Transport Empire Avocet sunk 30/Sep/42 by U-125 on pos. 04º05’ N 13º23’W. Survivors landed at Freetown.