HMS Barnstaple

HMS Barnstaple was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I.

Lady Cynthia circa 1938
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company
Launched	20 March 1919
Fate	Sold 1 December 1921; renamed Lady Cynthia; broken up 1957
General characteristics
Class & type	Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed	max 16 knots
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73 men
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

She served as Lady Cynthia after major modifications as a coastal steamship with the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia, Canada from 1925 to 1957.

See also

• Barnstaple

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.