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Name: CHEAM
Type: Inshore Minesweeper
Keel: 1918
Launched: 02/07/1919
Completed: 1919
Builder: Eltringham's Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 351
Dimensions: 710disp - 930disp, 220.0 x 28.5 x 7.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT3cyl (13.25, 21.25 & 34 x 21ins), 2200ihp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.5knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 12pdr AA guns
History:
1919 British Royal Navy
18/03/1922 Coaster Construction Co
No later history known
Comments: Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group


Above photo is of GAINSBOROUGH, a member of the same class. Photo courtesy of George Robinson