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HMS Ascot

Coordinates: 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W / 55.6192333°N 1.4857222°W / 55.6192333; -1.4857222
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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ascot
BuilderAilsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched26 January 1916
FateSunk, 10 November 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeRacecourse-class minesweeper
Displacement810 long tons (820 t)
Length235 ft (72 m)
Beam
  • 29 ft (8.8 m)
  • 58 ft (18 m) at the paddles
Draught6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • Inclined compound
  • cylindrical return tube
Speed15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity156 long tons (159 t) coal
Complement50
Armament2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops.

Ascot was the last ship to be sunk in the First World War on 10 November 1918, the day before the announcement of the armistice. She was torpedoed by UB-67 off the Farne Islands.

The wreckage lies at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft), at 55°37′9.24″N 001°29′8.60″W / 55.6192333°N 1.4857222°W / 55.6192333; -1.4857222.

References

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  • Colledge, 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.
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