HMS Gaddesden was a Hunt-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Completed in 1917, the ship was sold for scrap in 1922.
Design and description The Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced at normal load and at full load.Lenton, p. 250 They measured long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and ratings.Preston, p. 98
The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of of coal which gave them a range of at .Cocker, p. 76
The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (3-inch (76.2 mm)) anti-aircraft gun aft. Some ships were fitted with QF six-pounder () Hotchkiss guns or QF three-pounder () Hotchkiss guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder.
Construction and career Gaddesden, the first ship of her name in the Royal Navy, was built by Joseph R. Eltringham at their shipyard in South Shields, County Durham. The ship was launched on 30 November 1917. She was sold on 4 November 1922 to be broken up.Colledge, Warlow & Bush, p. 166
See also Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
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