HMS Chelmsford
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Chelmsford |
Namesake | Chelmsford, Essex |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
Launched | 14 June 1916 |
Fate | Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth on 25 November 1927 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
Displacement | 810 tons |
Length | 235 ft (72 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) feet at the paddles) |
Draught | 6.75 ft (2.06 m) |
Propulsion | Designed 1,400 hp (1,000 kW). Inclined compound. Cylindrical return tube. |
Speed | max 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 156 tons coal |
Complement | 50 men |
Armament | 2 x 12-pounder |
HMS Chelmsford was a Template:Sclass2- of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the Ascot class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. The ship was named after Chelmsford in Essex.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.