Name: | HAVANT |
Type: | Inshore Minesweeper |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 24/03/1919 |
Completed: | 1919 |
Builder: | Eltringham's Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 338 |
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: | |
1919 | British Royal Navy |
08/1922 | JI Thorneycroft, Southampton |
1923 | Government of Siam; renamed CHOW PHRAYA |
24/08/1971 | Stricken |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group |
1923: Minesweeping equipment removed & classified as a Sloop | |
1940s: Armament modernised | |
28/04/1971: Stricken, but ultimate fate unknown |
Above photo is of GAINSBOROUGH, a member of the same class. Photo courtesy of George Robinson