Launched 29 February 1916 Weight 823 tons Builder Ayrshire Dockyard Co | Displacement 810 tons Length 72 m Draft 2.06 m | |
Beam 29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) at the paddles) | ||
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. The vessel was named for Chepstow Racecourse.
The ship's bell is in St. Mary's Church, Chepstow.
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