HMS Caerleon (1918)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland
Launched	December 1918
Fate	Sold April 1922 to Stanlee, Dover
General characteristics
Class and 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
Armament	1 × QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Caerleon was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

See also

• Caerleon, Newport

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.