| HMS Blackburn (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Namesake: | Blackburn, Lancashire |
| Builder: | Bow, McLachlan and Company, Paisley, Scotland |
| Launched: | August 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold 17 October 1922 to Fryer, Sunderland |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 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.
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. OCLC 67375475.
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