HMS Gainsborough (1918)
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| Builder: | Joseph R Eltringham, South Shields |
| Launched: | 12 February 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold June 1928 to Alloa Ship Breaking Co |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
| Speed: | max 16 knots |
| Range: | 140 tons coal |
| Complement: | 73 men |
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HMS Gainsborough was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy ordered towards the end of the First World War. She was initially built as HMS Gorleston, but renamed after the fox hunt of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire before her launch. She was sold in June 1928.
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