| Name: | FOLKESTONE |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 21/05/1929 |
| Launched: | 12/02/1930 |
| Completed: | 25/06/1930 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1405 |
| Dimensions: | 1045disp, 250.0 x 34.0 x 12.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 2000shp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns |
| History: | |
| 25/06/1930 | British Royal Navy |
| 22/05/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Hastings Class of patrol frigates or sloops |
| 22/05/1947: Sold to TW Ward Ltd for breaking up at Milford Haven |
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