NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Richard Bennett (non-standard)	3649		Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK		17.5.1917	6.1917 // 9.1939	stricken 5.1940
Samuel Benbow	3645		Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK		9.7.1918	8.1918 // 9.1940	stricken 5.1946

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Richard Bennett (non-standard) 3649   Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK   17.5.1917 6.1917 // 9.1939 stricken 5.1940 Samuel Benbow 3645   Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK   9.7.1918 8.1918 // 9.1940 stricken 5.1946

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	311
Displacement full, t	429
Length, m	37.5
Breadth, m	6.79
Draught, m	2.76
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	430
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 102
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Richard Bennett: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 DCT, mechanical minesweeping gear Samuel Benbow: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I
Complement

Project history

Purpose-built standard Admiralty design. Intended for patrol, ASW and minesweeping roles. The non-standard units varied between 194 and 237BRT, dimensions (pp) varied between 35.1 and 37.3m length and 6.71 and 6.86m beam. Delivery of the first standard ship, George Borthwick, occured in August 1917.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.