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Builder | William Simons & Co., Renfrew |
Launched | 12 September 1919 |
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Displacement | 710 tons |
Length | 231 ft (70 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
Speed | max 16 knots |
Range | 140 tons coal |
Complement | 73 men |
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HMS Wem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Walmer after a coastal town, but was renamed after the inland town of Wem in Shropshire on 25 June 1918 to avoid possible misunderstandings with vessels named after coastal locations.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 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.
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