Shoreham-class sloop
The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s.
HMS Fowey (F15) in May 1942 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Hastings class |
| Succeeded by | Grimsby class |
| Built | 1930–1932 |
| In commission | 1931–1968 |
| Completed | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,105 long tons (1,123 t) |
| Length | 281 ft (86 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp (1,491 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 95 |
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Developed from the Bridgewater-class sloops, with a longer hull, the Shoreham-class sloops were laid down between 1929 and 1931 at Chatham and Devonport Naval Dockyards.
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