Beam28 ft (8.5 m) Speedmax 16 knots Length70 m Displacement644,100 kg BuilderSouth Shields
Draught8 ft (2.4 m) Launched12 February 1918 Weight721.4 tons Draft2.4 m
FateSold June 1928 to Alloa Ship Breaking Co Class and typeHunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class PropulsionYarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
HMS Gainsborough was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy ordered towards the end of the First World War. She was initially built as HMS Gorleston, but renamed after the fox hunt of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire before her launch. She was sold in June 1928.
