HMS Swindon (1918)
 As Lady Cecilia at Gibsons Landing, British Columbia, circa 1930 | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 25 December 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold 1 December 1921; renamed Lady Cecilia |
| 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 Swindon was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.
She was renamed from HMS Bantry in 1918 to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
In 1921 she was sold off and converted to a coastal passenger/freight steamer SS Lady Cecilia by the Coaster Construction Co of Montrose, Scotland for the Union Steamship Co of British Columbia. She was laid up and sold to Coast Ferries in 1951, then scrapped at Gambier Island, BC in 1952.
See also
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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