HMS Ascot
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 26 January 1916 |
| Completed: | |
| Fate: | Sunk 10 November 1918 |
HMS Ascot was a Racecourse class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse Class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.
She was the last ship to be sunk in World War I on 10 November 1918, the day before the announcement of the armistice. She was torpedoed by U-67 off the Farne Islands.
She lies at a depth of 60m, at 55 37 924 N 001 29 860 W.
[edit] Reference
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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