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| Career (UK) |
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| Name: |
HMS Cheltenham |
| Namesake: |
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Builder: |
Ardrossan Dockyard |
| Launched: |
12 April 1916 |
| Fate: |
Sold for break up at Newport 7 October 1927 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
810 tons |
| Length: |
235 ft (72 m) |
| Beam: |
29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) at the paddles) |
| Draught: |
6.75 ft (2.06 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Designed hp 1400. Inclined compound. Cylindrical return tube. |
| Speed: |
max 15 knots |
| Range: |
156 tons coal |
| Complement: |
50 men |
| Armament: |
2 x 12 pdr |
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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