Displacement 710 tons Draught 8 ft (2.4 m) Length 70 m Draft 2.4 m | Beam 28 ft (8.5 m) Launched 12 September 1919 Weight 721.4 tons Builder William Simons & Company | |
Fate Sold 22 April 1922 to The Cutch SN Co
Renamed Deshalpur
Broken up c. 1927 Class and type Hunt-class minesweeper
Aberdare sub-class Propulsion Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp | ||
HMS Wem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Walmer, but was renamed 25 June 1918 to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.
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