For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blackburn.
HMS Blackburn was a Hunt classminesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Burnham, but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.
blackburn, 1918, other, ships, with, same, name, blackburn, blackburn, hunt, class, minesweeper, royal, navy, from, world, originally, named, burnham, this, changed, avoid, conflict, between, vessel, name, coastal, location, historyunited, kingdomnamesakeblack. For other ships with the same name see HMS Blackburn HMS Blackburn was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I She was originally to be named Burnham but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location HistoryUnited KingdomNamesakeBlackburn LancashireBuilderBow McLachlan and Company Paisley ScotlandLaunched13 August 1918FateSold 17 October 1922 to Fryer SunderlandGeneral characteristicsClass and typeHunt class minesweeper 1916 Aberdare sub classDisplacement710 tonsLength231 ft 70 m Beam28 ft 8 5 m Draught8 ft 2 4 m PropulsionYarrow type boilers Vertical triple expansion engines 2 shafts 2 200 ihpSpeedmax 16 knotsRange140 tons coalComplement73 menArmament1 QF 4 inch 102 mm forward 76 mm 3 0 in aft 2 twin 0 303 inch machine gunsSee also editBlackburn LancashireReferences editColledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 nbsp This article about a specific naval minesweeper of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Blackburn 1918 amp oldid 1137188402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
