HMS Rugby

HMS Rugby was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named HMS Filey, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Dunlop Bremmer, Port Glasgow
Launched	6 September 1918
Fate	Sold 25 November 1927 to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, Northumberland
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt class minesweeper (1916), 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 (102 mm) forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

See also

• Rugby, Warwickshire

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.