HMS Wem (1919)

History
United Kingdom
Builder:	William Simons & Company, Renfrew
Launched:	12 September 1919
Fate:	Sold 22 April 1922 to The Cutch SN Co Renamed Deshalpur Broken up c. 1927
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:	1 × QF 4 inch forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Wem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Walmer, but was renamed 25 June 1918 to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.

See also

• Wem, Shropshire

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.