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HMS Barnstaple (1919)

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Beam
  
28 ft (8.5 m)

Speed
  
max 16 knots

Length
  
70 m

Displacement
  
644,100 kg

Draught
  
8 ft (2.4 m)

Launched
  
20 March 1919

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Draft
  
2.4 m

Fate
  
Sold 1 December 1921; renamed Lady Cynthia; broken up 1957

Class and type
  
Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class

Propulsion
  
Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp

Builder
  
Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company

HMS Barnstaple was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

She served as Lady Cynthia after major modifications as a coastal steamship with the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia, Canada from 1925 to 1957.

References

HMS Barnstaple (1919) Wikipedia