HMS Forfar (1918)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Forfar.

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Dundee Shipbuilding Company
Launched	20 August 1918
Fate	Sold March 1922 to Ward, Inverkeithing
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 Forfar was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. Not to be confused with the auxiliary cruiser HMS Forfar which was torpedoed by U-99 in December 1940.

See also

• Forfar

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.