HMS Selkirk (J18)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Murdoch & Murray, Port Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 5 March 1918 |
| Launched: | 2 December 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 17 March 1919 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: J18 |
| Motto: | "Hold fast" |
| Honours and awards: |
North Sea 1939-45 Atlantic 1939-45 Normandy 1944 |
| Fate: | Sold 17 May 1957 to Dohmen & Habets, broken up in Liège |
| Badge: | On a field per fess black and white a Buckle, Silver piercing a scallop shell Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt-class minesweeper 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 Selkirk was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy, named after the Scottish town of Selkirk.
Following a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Thorne, near Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]
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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