Shoreham-class sloop

	HMS Fowey 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 (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	2 × single QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns; 1 × quad 0.5 in (13 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns;

The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight sloops of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s. Developed from the Bridgewater class, with a longer hull, the Shoreham class were laid down between 1929 and 1931 at Chatham and Devonport Naval Dockyards.

Class overview
HMS Fowey in May 1942
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 (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	2 × single QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns 1 × quad 0.5 in (13 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns