| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Godetia |
| Launched | 8 January 1916 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arabis-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) with max. 260 tons of coal |
| Complement | 79 |
| Armament |
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HMS Godetia was an Arabis-class sloop of the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron. She was launched in 1916, had a deep load displacement of 1,350 tons, and was broken up in 1937.
For a short while she served in the Arctic, and on 9 May 1923 a trawler from Hull – the Lord Astor – was seized by a Russian gunboat off the coast of Murmansk for alleged illegal fishing. The trawler was captured after Godetia returned briefly to Norway to re-coal and resupply. The Godetia was soon relieved by HMS Harebell under Captain Evans, commander of the fishery protection cruiser squadron.
References
- ^ N J M Campbell (1980). "The Royal Navy in 1922". In Roger Chesneau (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ^ "BRITISH TRAWLER SEIZED BY SOVIET". New York Times. 10 May 1923. p. 21.
