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Minesweeper of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Caterham was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She operated as a tender at the Navigation School. She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold in 1935 to Cashmore, of Newport, Monmouthshire to be broken up.
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Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland |
Launched | 6 March 1919 |
Fate | Sold 26 April 1935 to Cashmore, Newport, Wales |
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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 |
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