Name: | GRETNA |
Type: | Inshore Minesweeper |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 11/04/1918 |
Completed: | 1918 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 335 |
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 |
03/10/1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group |
03/10/1928: Sold at Sheerness to Alloa Ship Breaking Co Ltd for £2271 | |
22/10/1928: Arrived at Charlestown on the Firth of Forth | |
31/10/1928: Breaking up commenced by Alloa Ship Breaking Co Ltd |
Above photo is of GAINSBOROUGH, a member of the same class. Photo courtesy of George Robinson