Name: | HUNTLEY |
Type: | Inshore Minesweeper |
Keel: | 12/04/1918 |
Launched: | 18/01/1919 |
Completed: | 22/05/1919 |
Builder: | Eltringham's Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 339 |
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: | |
22/05/1919 | British Royal Navy |
31/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Group 2) or Aberdare group |
Laid down as HELMSDALE | |
31/01/1941: Sunk by German bombing 30 miles W of Mersa Matruh |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship