HMS Godetia (1916)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Godetia.

HMS Godetia was an Arabis-class sloop of the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron.^[1] She was launched in 1916, had a deep load displacement of 1,350 tons, and was broken up in 1937.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Godetia
Launched	8 January 1916
Fate	Broken up, 1937
General characteristics
Class & type	Arabis-class sloop
Displacement	1,200 long tons (1,200 t)
Length	255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p.p. 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 × screw
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) with max. 260 tons of coal
Complement	79
Armament	2 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns 2 × 1 - 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns

For a short while she served in the Arctic, and on 9 May 1923 a trawler from Hull – the Lord Astor – was seized by a Russian gunboat off the coast of Murmansk for alleged illegal fishing.^[2] The trawler was captured after Godetia returned briefly to Norway to re-coal and resupply.^[2] The Godetia was soon relieved by HMS Harebell under Captain Evans, commander of the fishery protection cruiser squadron.^[2]