HMS Sandwich, with a second world war convoy.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Sandwich |
Namesake | Town of Sandwich, Kent |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle upon Tyne[1] |
Launched | 28 September 1928[1] |
Out of service | 1944[2] |
Honours and awards | Atlantic |
Fate | sold in 1946[1] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,045 tons[1] |
Length | 250 ft (76 m)[1] |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m)[1] |
Draught | 8.7 ft (2.7 m)[1] |
Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 100[1] |
Armament | 2 x 4-inch (102 mm)[1] |
HMS Sandwich (L12) was a Bridgewater-class sloop built by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle. After a decade of peacetime service on the China Station, she escorted Atlantic convoys through World War II.