HMS Fareham
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Dunlop Bremmer, Port Glasgow |
| Launched: | 7 June 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold 24 August 1948. Broken up Ward, Hayle |
| Notes: | Pennant J89 / N89 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
| Speed: | max 16 knots |
| Range: | 140 tons coal |
| Complement: | 73 men |
| Armament: | 1x QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns |
HMS Fareham was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.
In 1944-45 she was named St Angelo II, acting as a minesweeping base ship.
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[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.

