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HMS Tonbridge (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
  
5 November 1918

Weight
  
721.4 tons

Builder
  
William Simons & Company

Fate
  
Sold 19 May 1928 to Thos W Ward, Briton Ferry

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

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

HMS Tonbridge was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I, named after the town of Tonbridge.

References

HMS Tonbridge (1918) Wikipedia