| Name: | BRIDGEWATER |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate or Sloop |
| Keel: | 06/02/1928 |
| Launched: | 14/09/1928 |
| Completed: | 14/03/1929 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 555 |
| Dimensions: | 1042disp - 1357disp, 250.0 x 34.0 x 9.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 2000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.2knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins guns |
| History: | |
| 14/03/1929 | British Royal Navy |
| 25/05/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 25/05/1947: Sold to Howells for breaking up at Gelleswick Bay |
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