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HMS Rugby (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
  
6 September 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Builder
  
Dunlop Bremmer, Port Glasgow

Fate
  
Sold 25 November 1927 to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, Northumberland

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

HMS Rugby was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named HMS Filey, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.`

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HMS Rugby (1918) Wikipedia