HMS Cheltenham
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Builder: | Ardrossan Dockyard |
Launched: | 12 April 1916 |
Fate: | Sold for break up at Newport 7 October 1927 |
HMS Cheltenham was a Racecourse class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. It was named for Cheltenham Racecourse.
[edit] Reference
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.