HMS Godetia (1916)
HMS Godetia was a Arabis-class sloop of the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron.[1] She was launched in 1916, had a deep load displacement of 1350 tons, and was broken up in 1937.[1]
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| Name: | HMS Godetia |
| Launched: | 1916 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arabis-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) with max. 260 tons of coal |
| Complement: | 79 men |
| Armament: | 2 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA. |
For a short while she served in the Arctic, and on 9 May 1923 a trawler from Hull – the Lord Astor – was seized by a Russian gunboat off the coast of Murmansk for alleged illegal fishing.[2] The trawler was captured after Godetia returned briefly to Norway to re-coal and resupply.[2] The Godetia was soon relieved by HMS Harebell under Captain Evans, commander of the fishery protection cruiser squadron.[2]
References
- N J M Campbell (1980). "The Royal Navy in 1922". In Roger Chesneau (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- "BRITISH TRAWLER SEIZED BY SOVIET". New York Times. 10 May 1923. p. 21.
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