| HMS Carstairs (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Builder: | Bow, McLachlan and Company, Paisley, Scotland |
| Launched: | 19 April 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 26 April 1935 to Ward, Grays |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: |
Hunt-class minesweeper 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: |
1x QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dryad.
HMS Carstairs was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Cawsand, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
On 4 January 1924 she was renamed HMS Dryad, but reverted to Carstairs on 15 August 1924.
See also[]
- Carstairs, South Lanarkshire
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. OCLC 67375475.
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