| Name: | GAINSBOROUGH |
| Type: | Inshore Minesweeper |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 12/02/1918 |
| Completed: | 1918 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 334 |
| 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: | |
| 1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 26/06/1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group |
| Laid down as HMS GORLESTON | |
| 26/06/1928: Sold for breaking up by Alloa Shipbreaking Co Ltd; cost £2225 | |
| 07/08/1928: Arrived at Charlestown for breaking up | |
| 29/09/1928: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson