HMS Mariner (J380)
HMS "Mariner was a reciprocating engine-powered during the Second World War. Laid down as HMCS "Kincardine for the Royal Canadian Navy she was transferred on completion to the Royal Navy as HMS "Mariner". She survived the war and was sold to Myanmar in 1958 as Yang Myo Aung. Design and description. The reciprocating group displaced at standard load and at deep load The ships measured long overall with a beam of . They had a draught of . 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 and gave a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave them a range of at . The "Algerine" class was armed with a QF 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. Construction and career. The ship was put on order as HMCS "Kincardine" by the Royal Canadian Navy in July 1942 at the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company at Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. She was laid down on 26 August 1942 and launched on 9 May 1944. On completion she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of an exchange for an equal number of s. She was commissioned as HMS "Mariner" on 23 May 1944. In 1954 "Mariner" was  on patrol in the North Sea as a fishery protection vessel, checking trawlers nets, and giving aid to any of the trawlers should they need it. She was sold to the Burmese Navy and was reactivated at HM Dockyard Sheerness. She was handed over to Burma in the pools of London on 18 April 1958 and renamed "Yang Myo Aung". She was fitted as a minelayer, carrying eight mines in each side. She served in the Burmese Navy until 1982.