HMS Eglinton (1916)

Minesweeper of the Royal Navy

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

History
United Kingdom
Name| HMS Eglinton
Namesake| Eglinton, Ayrshire
Builder| Ayrshire Dockyard Co
Launched| 9 September 1916
Fate| Sold to King Garston, Liverpool July 1922
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 Eglinton 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 Eglinton Racecourse.

## 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.