HMS Blackburn (1918)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blackburn.

HMS Blackburn was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Burnham, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.

History
United Kingdom
Namesake	Blackburn, Lancashire
Builder	Bow, McLachlan and Company, Paisley, Scotland
Launched	13 August 1918
Fate	Sold 17 October 1922 to Fryer, Sunderland
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	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

See also

• Blackburn, Lancashire

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.