Name HMS Chelmsford Draught 6.75 ft (2.06 m) Length 72 m Displacement 734,800 kg | Namesake Chelmsford, Essex Launched 14 June 1916 Weight 823 tons Draft 2.06 m | |
Fate Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth on 25 November 1927 Class and type Racecourse-class minesweeper Beam 29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) feet at the paddles) Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | ||
HMS Chelmsford 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. The ship was named after Chelmsford in Essex.
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