HMS Saltash (J62)

Sister ship HMS Belvoir c. 1917–1918
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Saltash (J62)
OrderedMay 1917
BuilderMurdoch and Murray
Laid down5 September 1917
Launched25 June 1918
DecommissionedJanuary 1945
Honours &
awards
  • Dunkirk 1940
  • Normandy 1944
FateSold for Scrap, July 1947
General characteristics (1939)
Class & typeHunt-class minesweeper, Aberdare sub-class
Displacement800 long tons (813 t)
Length213 ft (65 m) o/a
Beam28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Draught7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement74
Armament

HMS Saltash (J62) was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was not finished in time to participate in the First World War and survived the Second World War to be sold for scrap in 1947.