HMS Dorking (1918)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	(see main text)
Launched	26 September 1918
Fate	Arrived Charlestown for break up 26 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed	max 16 knots
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73 men
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Dorking was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

Authorities disagree about where she was built: Colledge says Dundee Shipbuilding Company, whilst both Rupert-Jones and the Royal Navy History ^[usurped] site say Clyde Shipbuilders.

References

• 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.
• Rupert-Jones JA (1933). "King's Ships built in Scotland". Notes & Queries. 165 (Dec30). Oxford Journals: 453–456. doi:10.1093/nq/CLXV.dec30.453.

External links

• Royal Navy History ^[usurped]