| Name: | SANDWICH |
| Type: | Minesweeping Sloop |
| Keel: | 09/02/1928 |
| Launched: | 29/09/1928 |
| Completed: | 23/03/1929 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 556 |
| Dimensions: | 1045disp - 1360disp, 250.0 x 34.0 x 8.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 2000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 0.5ins guns |
| History: | |
| 23/03/1929 | British Royal Navy |
| 08/01/1946 | Unknown owner; renamed PRINCE ALBERT |
| 1947 | Hui Bon Hua, Tunis; renamed AMOY |
| 18/02/1948 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1946: Converted to a cargo ship |
| 18/02/1948: Foundered off La Nouvelle, southern France | |
| On a voyage from Oran to Sete with a cargo of fruit & vegetables |
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