HMS Forfar (1918)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Forfar.
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Dundee Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 20 August 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold March 1922 to Ward, Inverkeithing |
| 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 Forfar was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. It was torpedoed by U-99 in December 1940.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Loss of HMS Forfar". BBC. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- 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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