Name: | STAFFORD |
Type: | Inshore Minesweeper |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 20/09/1918 |
Completed: | 02/1919 |
Builder: | Charles Rennoldson & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 200 |
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: | Shields Engineering and Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 12pdr AA guns |
History: | |
02/1919 | British Royal Navy |
26/06/1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class |
Laid down as STAITHES | |
26/06/1928: Sold for breaking up whilst at Chatham for £2,225 | |
22/07/1928: Arrived at Charlestown for breaking up by Alloa Shipbreaking Co Ltd | |
25/08/1928: Breaking up commenced |
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