| HMS Chepstow | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Chepstow |
| Namesake: | Chepstow, Gloucestershire |
| Builder: | Ayrshire Dockyard Co |
| Launched: | 29 February 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, 25 November 1927 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 hp 1400. Inclined compound. Cylindrical return tube. |
| Speed: | max 15 knots |
| Range: | 156 tons coal |
| Complement: | 50 men |
| Armament: | 2 x 12 pdr |
HMS Chepstow was a Racecourse class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. It was named for Chepstow Racecourse.
The ship's bell is in St. Mary's Church, Chepstow.
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.
See also[]
- HMS Chepstow Castle, a corvette cancelled in 1943
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