Shoreham-class sloop

HMS Fowey (F15) 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 (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement:	95
Armament:	2 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns (2×1) 4 × .5 inch anti-aircraft machine guns (1×4)

The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s.

Developed from the Bridgewater-class sloops, with a longer hull, the Shoreham-class sloops were laid down between 1929 and 1931 at Chatham and Devonport Naval Dockyards.