- Design and description
- Construction and career
- War Service
- References
- Bibliography
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=Greece | Greece|naval}} | Ship name=Machitis | Ship namesake= | Ship acquired=1947 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck=1976 | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Sunk as target 1984 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Algerine|minesweeper}} | 1030|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard)- {{convert|1325|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (deep)
| 225|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a | 35|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 12.25|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship power=*2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers- {{convert|2400|ihp|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| Ship propulsion=*2 shafts- 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
| 16.5|kn|lk=in}} | 5000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} | Ship complement=85 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk V anti-aircraft gun- 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
}} | HMS Postillion was a reciprocating engine-powered {{sclass-|Algerine|minesweeper}} built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She survived the war and was sold to the Greek Navy in 1947. Design and descriptionThe reciprocating group displaced {{convert|1010|-|1030|LT|t}} at standard load and {{convert|1305|-|1325|LT|t}} at deep load The ships measured {{convert|225|ft|m|1}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|35|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They had a draught of {{convert|12|ft|3|in|m|1}}. The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and ratings.[1] The reciprocating ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of {{convert|2400|ihp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}. They carried a maximum of {{convert|660|LT|t|0}} of fuel oil that gave them a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}.[1] The Algerine class was armed with a QF {{Convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk V anti-aircraft gun[2] and four twin-gun mounts for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. The latter guns were in short supply when the first ships were being completed and they often got a proportion of single mounts. By 1944, single-barrel Bofors 40 mm mounts began replacing the twin 20 mm mounts on a one for one basis. All of the ships were fitted for four throwers and two rails for depth charges.[1] Construction and careerLaunched on 18 March 1943 as AM 335, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 25 November 1943 as HMS Postillion. She was sold to the Greek Navy in 1947 as Machitis. She was finally used as a target and sunk off Crete in 1984. War Service - HX-276 (Departed New York City, 22 January 1944, arrived Liverpool, 7 February 1944 - ESCORT 27/01 - 06/02)
- OS-120/ KMS-94 (Depart Clyde & Downs, 1 April 1945, Convoy Split 7 April 1945 - ESCORT 03/04 - 05/04)
References1. ^1 2 Lenton, p. 261
2. ^Chesneau, p. 65
Bibliography- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
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