HMS Wem

HMS Wem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Walmer after a coastal town, but was renamed after the inland town of Wem in Shropshire on 25 June 1918 to avoid possible misunderstandings with vessels named after coastal locations.

History
United Kingdom
Builder	William Simons & Co., Renfrew
Launched	12 September 1919
Fate	Sold 22 April 1922 to The Cutch SN Co Renamed Deshalpur Broken up c. 1927
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class minesweeper 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 forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

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.