HMS Sharpshooter (J68)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sharpshooter
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	HMNB Devonport
Laid down	8 June 1936
Launched	10 December 1936
Commissioned	17 December 1937
Fate	Scrapped in November 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Halcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement	815–835 long tons (828–848 t) 1,310–1,372 long tons (1,331–1,394 t), full load
Length	245 ft 3 in (74.75 m)
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 1750 shp
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	80
Armament	2 × QF 4 in Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns, single mounts HA Mk.III 4 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I

HMS Sharpshooter was a Halcyon-class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy. Built at Devonport Dockyard, Sharpshooter was completed in 1937. She served through the Second World War, acting both in her designed role as minesweeper and as a convoy escort, escorting several Arctic convoys. She took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, and sank the German submarine U-655 in 1942.

Post war, she was converted to a survey ship, and was renamed HMS Shackleton in 1953. She was laid up into reserve in 1961 and sold for scrap in 1965.