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Name: PC 65
Type: Patrol Boat; Decoy Ship
Keel:
Launched: 05/09/1917
Completed: 1917
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 331
Dimensions: 682disp, 247.0 x 25.6 x 8.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x steam turbines, 3500ihp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 20.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 4ins, 2 x 12pdr guns
History:
1917 British Royal Navy
18/01/1923 Broken up
Comments: 1917: Ordered as a 'P' Class Patrol Boat P 65
1917: Completed as a Submarine Decoy ‘Q’ Ship with merchant ship profile
18/01/1923: Sold for breaking up to Alloa Shipbreaking Co Ltd
Purchased for £915
24/03/1923: Arrived at Charlestown
13/03/1924: Breaking up commenced