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HMS Cupar (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
  
27 March 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Builder
  
A McMillan & Son

Fate
  
Sunk 5 May 1919 by a mine in the North Sea off the Tyne

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

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

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

References

HMS Cupar (1918) Wikipedia