HMS Leamington (1918)
HMS "Leamington" 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 was sold for scrap in 1928. Design and description. The "Aberdare" sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced at normal load. They had a length between perpendiculars of and measured long overall. The "Aberdare"s had a beam of and a draught of . The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and  ratings. The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of of coal which gave them a range of at . The "Aberdare" sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (76.2 mm) anti-aircraft gun aft. Some ships were fitted with six- or three-pounder guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder. Construction and career. HMS "Leamington" was built by the Ailsa  Shipbuilding Company at their shipyard in Troon, Ayrshire. She was launched on 26 August 1918. The ship was originally named HMS "Aldborough", and renamed in 1919. "Leamington" was sold for scrap on 19 May 1928 to Thos. W. Ward, Pembroke Dock.