HMS Fermoy (J40)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Dundee Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 3 February 1919 |
| Commissioned: | July 1919 |
| Fate: | Damaged beyond repair 30 April 1941 by air attack in Malta and broken up |
| Notes: | Pennant J40 / N40 |
| 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 |
| 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 Fermoy was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built just after World War I that saw service in World War II.
By 1923 she had become the depot ship for the Submarine Periscope School at Portland.[1]
She was bombed by Italian aircraft off Valletta, Malta on 30 April 1941 then on 4 May 1941, and was written off as constructive total loss. She was eventually raised and sold for scrap.
Known Commanding Officers
- 14 April 1923 - Hugh Richard Marrack, D.S.C.
- 1 August 1924 - Alfred Gordon Hine, D.S.O.
- 17 January 1939 to 4 May 1941 - John Guy Douglas Wetherfield.
See also
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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