HMS Bloxham
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Builder: | Ayrshire Dockyard Company |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 11 September 1919 |
| Status: | Sold incomplete 23 October 1923 to Lithgow, Port Glasgow |
| 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 Bloxham was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Brixham, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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