HMS Cheltenham

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Career RN Ensign
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.


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