HMS Fermoy (J40)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fermoy
Namesake	Fermoy
Builder	Dundee Shipbuilding Company
Launched	3 February 1919
Commissioned	July 1919
Identification	Pennant number: J40 / N40
Fate	Damaged beyond repair 30 April 1941 by air attack in Malta and broken up
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 Fermoy was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was not finished in time to participate in the First World War, and was crippled by German bombers in 1941 and later scrapped.

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