HMS Ascot (1916)
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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) |
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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 |
HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse-class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.
She 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.
She lies at a depth of 60 metres, at 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W / 55.6192333°N 1.4857222°WCoordinates: 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W / 55.6192333°N 1.4857222°W.
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. OCLC 67375475.
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