HMS Bagshot

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company
Launched	23 May 1918
Commissioned	1 May 1919
Renamed	Temporarily became depot ship Medway II 1 April 1945 to 28 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number: J57/N57
Fate	Sold 1947 to Greek shipbreakers; sunk by a mine 1 September 1951 off Corfu while under tow
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class minesweeper, Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	800 long tons (813 t)
Length	213 ft (65 m) o/a
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	2 × Yarrow boilers; 2,200 ihp (1,600 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) gun; 1 × 76 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft gun;

HMS Bagshot was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was not completed in time to participate in the First World War, but survived World War II, and was sold for scrap in 1947.

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