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HMS Clonmel (1918)

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Displacement
  
710 tons

Draught
  
8 ft (2.4 m)

Length
  
70 m

Draft
  
2.4 m

Beam
  
28 ft (8.5 m)

Launched
  
14 May 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Builder
  
William Simons & Company

Fate
  
Sold July 1922 to SD Harrison

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

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

HMS Clonmel was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Stranraer, but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.

References

HMS Clonmel (1918) Wikipedia