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HMS Gretna (1918)

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Beam
  
28 ft (8.5 m)

Speed
  
max 16 knots

Length
  
70 m

Displacement
  
644,100 kg

Builder
  
South Shields

Draught
  
8 ft (2.4 m)

Launched
  
11 April 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Draft
  
2.4 m

Fate
  
Sold to Alloa Ship Breaking Co, Rosyth

Class and type
  
Hunt-class minesweeper Aberdare sub-class

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

HMS Gretna was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy ordered towards the end of World War I.

References

HMS Gretna (1918) Wikipedia