HMS Saltash (J62)

	Sister ship HMS Belvoir c. 1917–1918
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Saltash (J62)
Ordered	May 1917
Builder	Murdoch and Murray
Laid down	5 September 1917
Launched	25 June 1918
Decommissioned	January 1945
Honours and; awards	Dunkirk 1940; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Sold for Scrap, July 1947
General characteristics (1939)
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 Saltash (J62) 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 survived the Second World War to be sold for scrap in 1947.

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