HMS Forres (1918)

HMS Forres was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy ordered towards the end of World War I. She was initially named Fowey but was renamed prior to launch to avoid possible confusion with coastal locations.

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding Co
Launched	22 November 1918
Fate	Sold 26 April 1935 to Ward, Pembroke
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 QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

See also

• Forres, Scotland

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.