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Hexham

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Shirley	T57	319	Dunlop Bremner, Glasgow	1.1917	28.9.1917	1.1918	sold 4.1919
Hexham	T35	330	Clyde SB, Glasgow	1917	15.12.1917	3.1918	sold 9.1923
Lanark	T37	446	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	1917	18.12.1917	1 - 6.1918	sold 5.1923
Banbury	T34	330	Ailsa, Troon	1917	19.12.1917	2.1918	sold 9.1923
Shincliffe	T81		Dundee SB	1917	29.1.1918	6.1918	sold 3.1922
Harpenden	T58	331	Ailsa, Troon	1917	26.2.1918	5.1918	BU 4.1928
Wetherby	T41	280	Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow	1917	2.3.1918	3.1918	sold 6.1924
Lewes	T85	447	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	1917	12.3.1918	5.1918	sold 3.1922

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	820
Displacement full, t
Length, m	76.1
Breadth, m	17.7 max 9.00 oa
Draught, m	2.13
No of shafts	2 paddle wheels
Machinery	1 DC, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1500
Max speed, kts	14.5
Fuel, t	coal 156
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	52

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Project history

In January 1917 eight slightly enlarged versions of the Ascot design known as the Improved Racecourse class, were ordered, and they were commissioned in January-June 1918.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.