HMS Godetia (1916)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Godetia
Launched8 January 1916
FateBroken up, 1937
General characteristics
Class and typeArabis-class sloop
Displacement1,250 long tons (1,270 t)
Length
  • 255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p.p.
  • 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) with max. 260 tons of coal
Complement79
Armament

HMS Godetia was an Arabis-class sloop of the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron.[1] She was launched in 1916, had a deep load displacement of 1,350 tons, and was broken up in 1937.[1]

For a short while she served in the Arctic, and on 9 May 1923 a trawler from Hull – the Lord Astor – was seized by a Russian gunboat off the coast of Murmansk for alleged illegal fishing.[2] The trawler was captured after Godetia returned briefly to Norway to re-coal and resupply.[2] The Godetia was soon relieved by HMS Harebell under Captain Evans, commander of the fishery protection cruiser squadron.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b N J M Campbell (1980). "The Royal Navy in 1922". In Roger Chesneau (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  2. ^ a b c "BRITISH TRAWLER SEIZED BY SOVIET". New York Times. 10 May 1923. p. 21.
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