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Name: GAINSBOROUGH
Type: Minesweeper
Keel:
Launched: 12/02/1918
Completed: 1918
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 334
Dimensions: 710disp, 231.0 x 28.0 x 8.0(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl, 2200ihp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 4ins quick firing gun, 1 x 12pdr Qfgun
History:
1918 British Royal Navy
06/1928 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Hunt Class
Laid down as HMS GORLESTON
06/1928: Broken up by Metal Industries at Charlestown; cost £2225


Above photo courtesy of George Robinson