HMS Chepstow

Minesweeper of the Royal Navy

History
United Kingdom
Name| HMS Chepstow
Namesake| Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Builder| Ayrshire Dockyard Co
Launched| 29 February 1916
Fate| Sold to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, 25 November 1927
General characteristics
Class and type| Racecourse-class minesweeper
Displacement| 810 tons
Length| 235 ft (72 m)
Beam| 29 ft (8.8 m) (58 ft (18 m) at the paddles)
Draught| 6.75 ft (2.06 m)
Propulsion| Designed 1,400 hp (1,000 kW). Inclined compound. Cylindrical return tube.
Speed| max 15 knots (28 km/h)
Range| 156 tons coal
Complement| 50 men
Armament| 2 x 12-pounder

HMS Chepstow was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. The vessel was named for Chepstow Racecourse.

The ship's bell is in St. Mary's Church, Chepstow.

## See also[edit]

* HMS Chepstow Castle, a corvette cancelled in 1943

## 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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