HMCyS Vijaya
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Flying Fish |
| Ordered: | as Tillsonburg |
| Builder: | Redfern Construction, Toronto |
| Yard number: | 55 |
| Laid down: | 30 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 16 February 1944 |
| Completed: | 14 October 1944 |
 Ceylon
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| Name: | Vijaya |
| Namesake: | King Vijaya |
| Acquired: | 1951 |
| Commissioned: | 1951 |
| Out of service: | 1963 |
| Homeport: | Trincomalee |
| Fate: | broken up, 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algerine-class minesweeper |
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| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught: | 12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m) |
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| 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 |
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HMCyS Vijaya, named in honor of Vijaya, the first king of Sri Lanka, was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Ceylon Navy, the first warship of that navy. Vijaya had been built as HMS Flying Fish (J370) for the Royal Navy during World War II, but was given to Ceylon by the United Kingdom upon the 1951 formation of Ceylon's navy.
The reciprocating group displaced 1,010–1,030 long tons (1,030–1,050 t) at standard load and 1,305–1,325 long tons (1,326–1,346 t) at deep load The ships measured 225 feet (68.6 m) long overall with a beam of 35 feet 6 inches (10.8 m). They had a draught of 12 feet 3 inches (3.7 m). The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and ratings.
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 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). They carried a maximum of 660 long tons (671 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
The Algerine class was armed with a QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 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.
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