Name HMS Ascot Displacement 810 long tons (820 t) Launched 26 January 1916 Draft 2.06 m | Fate Sunk, 10 November 1918 Draught 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Length 72 m | |
Class and type Racecourse-class minesweeper Beam 29 ft (8.8 m)
58 ft (18 m) at the paddles Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | ||
HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse-class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.
She was the last ship to be sunk in the First World War on 10 November 1918, the day before the announcement of the armistice. She was torpedoed by UB-67 off the Farne Islands.
She lies at a depth of 60 metres, at 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W.
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