HMS Folkestone (L22)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Folkestone.
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| Career |  |
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| Class and type: | Hastings-class sloop |
| Name: | HMS Folkestone |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| Laid down: | 21 May 1929 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 25 June 1930 |
| Fate: | Sold 22 May 1947 broken up November 1947 |
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| Displacement: | 1,045 tons |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines two shafts |
| Speed: | 16 knots at 2,000 hp |
| Complement: | 100 men |
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| Notes: | Pennant number L22 (later U22) |
HMS Folkestone was a Hastings class sloop of the Royal Navy that saw action in World War II. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. of Wallsend-on-Tyne, laid down on 21 May 1929 and launched on 12 February 1930. She was commissioned on 25 June 1930 under the pennant number L22/U22.
On 17 October 1940 off Iceland, HMS Folkestone rescued seven survivors from the SS Dokka, a Norwegian merchantman sunk by the German U-boat U-93.
She was sold on 22 May 1947 and broken up in November that year by Ward, of Milford Haven.
[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.
- HMS Folkestone at Uboat.net
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