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Name: HARROW
Type: Inshore Minesweeper
Keel: 15/01/1918
Launched: 30/07/1918
Completed: 23/10/1918
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 337
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:
23/10/1918 British Royal Navy
1947 J Dacoutos, Malta
1947 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group
1947: Broken up at Genoa, Italy


Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

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