HMS Cupar (1918)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Builder: | A McMillan & Son, Dumbarton |
| Launched: | 27 March 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk 5 May 1919 by a mine in the North Sea[1] off the Tyne |
| 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: |
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HMS Cupar was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Rosslare, but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.
See also
References
- ↑ Admiralty Estimates for 1919 (appendix) accessed 25 October 2016
- 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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