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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Builder: | Joseph R Eltringham, South Shields |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 12 February 1918 |
| Status: | Sold June 1928 to Alloa Ship Breaking Co |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 feet |
| Beam: | 28 feet |
| Draught: | 8 feet |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
| Speed: | max 16 knots |
| Range: | 140 tons coal |
| Complement: | 73 men |
| Armament: | 1x QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns |
HMS Gainsborough was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy ordered towards the end of World War I.
See also
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
