HMS Abingdon

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Career (UK)

Class and type:	Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Builder:	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon
Laid down:
Launched:	11 June 1918
Commissioned:	6 November 1918
Status:	Sold 1947; broken up 1950
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
Notes:	Pennant number N23

HMS Abingdon was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

Initially she served with the Aegean Squadron. From 1919-1935 she was held in reserve at Malta, then joined the 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla in Malta and Hong Kong.

Returning to Malta at the start of World War II, Abingdon was damaged by a mine in 1941. She was bombed and severely damaged by Italian aircraft 5 April 1942 at Kalkara Creek, Malta and was beached with a broken back at Bighi. She was broken up there in 1950.