HMS Eglinton (1916)
Appearance
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Eglinton |
Namesake | Eglinton, Ayrshire |
Builder | Ayrshire Dockyard Co |
Launched | 9 September 1916 |
Fate | Sold to King Garston, Liverpool July 1922 |
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) 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) |
Range | 156 tons coal |
Complement | 50 men |
Armament | 2 x 12-pounder |
HMS Eglinton 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 vessel was named for Eglinton Racecourse.
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.