| Name: | FLYING FOX |
| Type: | Mineweeper |
| Keel: | 09/11/1917 |
| Launched: | 28/03/1918 |
| Completed: | 17/05/1918 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1056 |
| Dimensions: | 1212disp - 1377disp, 258.0 x 34.7 x 10.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | T4cyl (20.5, 33 & 37, 37 x 30ins), 2750ihp, 207nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins guns; 39 x depth charges |
| History: | |
| 05/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 24/03/1920 | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| 1973 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the 24 Class, named after winning horses of the Epsom Derby |
| They were designed to appear double ended to confuse U-Boats | |
| 24/03/1920: Transferred to the RNVR for use as a drillship at Bristol | |
| 1973: Broken up at Cardiff |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Britain From Above
Above: At Bristol as a Drillship. Photo is copyright of Paul Townsend
Above: Leaving Bristol for Cardiff. Photo is copyright of Paul Townsend
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