HMS Burslem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Blakeney, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and the coastal location of the same name in Norfolk, instead the ship was named after Burslem, a town in Staffordshire.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | Ayrshire Dockyard Company |
| Launched | 5 March 1918 |
| Fate | Sold 19 May 1928 to Ward, Inverkeithing |
| 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 |
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References
edit- 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.
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