HMS Sandwich (L12)
HMS Sandwich, with a second world war convoy.
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| Name: | HMS Sandwich |
| Namesake: | Town of Sandwich, Kent |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Hawthorne Leslie, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Launched: | 28 September 1928 |
| Out of service: | 1944 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic |
| Fate: | sold in 1946 |
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| Displacement: | 1,045 tons |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 8.7 ft (2.7 m) |
| Speed: | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 100 |
| Armament: | 2 x 4 in guns |
HMS Sandwich (L12) was a Bridgewater-class sloop built by Hawthorne Leslie, Newcastle. After a decade of peacetime service on the China Station, she escorted Atlantic convoys through World War II.
HMS Sandwich was ordered from Hawthorne Leslie on 19 September 1927, one of two Bridgwater-class sloops ordered from Hawthorn Leslie that day. The Bridgewaters were intended as replacements for the Flower-class sloops, and were to combine the role of peacetime patrol work at distant overseas stations (with the Bridgewaters being specifically intended for service in the Persian Gulf) with a wartime role as minesweepers.
Sandwich was 266 feet 4 inches (81.18 m) long overall and 250 feet (76 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 34 feet (10 m) and a draught of 11 feet 5 inches (3.48 m). Displacement was 1,045 long tons (1,062 t) standard and 1,600 long tons (1,600 t) full load. The ship was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boiler. The turbines developed a total of 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW) and were designed to give a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The main armament consisted of a pair of QF four-inch (102 mm) Mk V guns on the ship's centreline, one forward and one aft, with the forward gun on a high-angle mount, capable of anti-aircraft fire and the second gun on a low-angle mount, for anti-surface use only. Two 3-pounder saluting guns were also carried, while the anti-submarine armament initially consisted of four depth charges. The ship's crew consisted of 96 officers and ratings.
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