HMS Ascot

HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ascot
Builder	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched	26 January 1916
Fate	Sunk, 10 November 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	Racecourse-class minesweeper
Displacement	810 long tons (820 t)
Length	235 ft (72 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m) 58 ft (18 m) at the paddles
Draught	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Installed power	1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion	Inclined compound cylindrical return tube
Speed	15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	156 long tons (159 t) coal
Complement	50
Armament	2 × 12-pounder guns

Ascot was the last ship to be sunk in the First World War on 10 November 1918, the day before the announcement of the armistice. She was torpedoed by UB-67 off the Farne Islands.

The wreckage lies at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft), at 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. 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.

External links

• Memorial dive report