HMS Bloxham (1919)
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History |
United Kingdom
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Builder: |
Ayrshire Dockyard Company |
Launched: |
11 September 1919 |
Fate: |
Sold incomplete 23 October 1923 to Lithgow, Port Glasgow |
General characteristics |
Class & 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: |
- 1 × QF 4 inch forward
- QF 12-pounder aft
- 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns
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HMS Bloxham was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Brixham, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
See also
References
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| Belvoir group |
- Belvoir
- Bicester
- Blackmorevale
- Cattistock
- Cotswold
- Cottesmore
- Croome
- Dartmoor
- Garth
- Hambledon
- Heythrop
- Holderness
- Meynell
- Muskerry
- Oakley
- Pytchley
- Quorn
- Southdown
- Tedworth
- Zetland
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| Aberdare group | |
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| Survey ships |
- Beaufort
- Collinson
- Crozier
- Fitzroy
- Flinders
- Kellet
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