Talk:HMS Plover (M26)

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Did you know... that the British minelayer HMS Plover laid over 15,000 mines during World War II, including two that sank the German destroyer Z8 Bruno Heinemann off the Belgian coast in January 1942?

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HMS Plover[edit]

The entry for HMS Plover has a contradiction within it. In the specifications it lists it as having two triple expansion steam engines, in the text it says it has two steam turbines. It cannot have both. I suspect, given the age and quoted hull speed, the engines would be unlikely to be steam turbines. (2.98.198.141 (talk) 07:53, 20 April 2011 (UTC))[reply]

The heading has HMS Plover's pennant number as M26. It should be N26. I have a photograph of the vessel with the correct number painted on the side. Additionally I served in the ship as a Boy Seaman in 1956. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.212.133.28 (talk) 21:18, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And how do you know that she wasn't renumbered post-war? The photo in Lenton's book doesn't show any visible pennant #.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:18, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And Lenton shows all minelayers used flag superior M in 1940 and kept those pennant numbers throughout the war.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:40, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]