HMS Cheltenham

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Cheltenham
Namesake: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Builder: Ardrossan Dockyard
Launched: 12 April 1916
Fate: Sold for break up at John Cashmore Ltd, Newport 7 October 1927
General characteristics
Class and type: Racecourse-class minesweeper
Displacement: 810 tons
Length: 235 ft (72 m)
Beam: 29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) at the paddles)
Draught: 6.75 ft (2.06 m)
Propulsion: Designed 1,400 hp (1,000 kW). Inclined compound. Cylindrical return tube.
Speed: max 15 knots (28 km/h)
Range: 156 tons coal
Complement: 50 men
Armament: 2 x 12-pounder

HMS Cheltenham was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the Ascot class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. The ship was named after Cheltenham Racecourse.

After decommissioning she was sold to John Cashmore Ltd for breaking up and arrived at their Newport Yard in 1927.

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