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HMS Dorking (1918)

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Builder
  
(see main text)

Beam
  
28 ft (8.5 m)

Launched
  
26 September 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Displacement
  
710 tons

Draught
  
8 ft (2.4 m)

Length
  
70 m

Draft
  
2.4 m

Fate
  
Arrived Charlestown for break up 26 April 1928

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

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

Authorities disagree about where she was built: Colledge says Dundee Shipbuilding Company, whilst both Rupert-Jones and the Royal Navy History site say Clyde Shipbuilders.

References

HMS Dorking (1918) Wikipedia