HMS Alresford (J06)


HMS Alresford in 1942
Career (UK)
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon
Launched: 17 January 1919
Commissioned: 25 May 1919
Fate: Sold 13 March 1947 for scrap Dohmen & Habets, Liege
Notes: Pennant number = J06 / N06
General characteristics
Class and type: Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Displacement: 710 tons
Length: 231 ft (70 m)
Beam: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion: Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed: max 16 knots
Complement: 73 men
Armament: 1x QF 4 inch forward
QF 12 pounder aft
2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Alresford was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I that also served during World War II.

Alresford took part in the Dieppe Raid and the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation Dynamo.

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