HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.
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Name | HMS Ascot |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
Launched | 26 January 1916 |
Fate | Sunk, 10 November 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Racecourse-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 810 long tons (820 t) |
Length | 235 ft (72 m) |
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Draught | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Installed power | 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Capacity | 156 long tons (159 t) coal |
Complement | 50 |
Armament | 2 × 12-pounder guns |
Ascot was the last ship to be sunk in the First World War on 10 November 1918, the day before the announcement of the armistice. She was torpedoed by UB-67 off the Farne Islands.
The wreckage lies at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft), at 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W / 55.6192333°N 1.4857222°W.
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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