HMS Wem

History
United Kingdom
Builder	William Simons & Co., Renfrew
Launched	12 September 1919
Fate	Sold 22 April 1922 to The Cutch SN Co Renamed Deshalpur Broken up c. 1927
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class minesweeper Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed	max 16 knots
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73 men
Armament	1 × QF 4 inch forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Wem was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Walmer after a coastal town, but was renamed after the inland town of Wem in Shropshire on 25 June 1918 to avoid possible misunderstandings with vessels named after coastal locations.

References

• 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.