HMS Caterham (1919)
HMS Caterham was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She operated as a tender at the Navigation School. She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold in 1935 to Cashmore, of Newport, Monmouthshire to be broken up.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Builder: | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland |
| Launched: | 6 March 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 26 April 1935 to Cashmore, Newport, Wales |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| 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: |
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References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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