HMS Sandwich (L12)
HMS Sandwich (L12) was a Bridgewater-class sloop built by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle. After a decade of peacetime service on the China Station, she escorted Atlantic convoys through World War II.
HMS Sandwich, with a second world war convoy. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sandwich |
| Namesake | Town of Sandwich, Kent |
| Owner | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Launched | 28 September 1928 |
| Out of service | 1944 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic |
| Fate | sold in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,045 tons |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 8.7 ft (2.7 m) |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament | 2 x 4-inch (102 mm) |
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