HMS Irwell (1926)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Ayrshire Dockyard Company, Irvine
Launched	12 August 1919
Completed	April 1926
Commissioned	April 1926
Renamed	Irwell as a RNVR drillship in September 1926
Fate	Arrived 27 November 1962 at Lacmotts, Liverpool for break up
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 (1,600 kW)
Speed	max 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward; QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft; 2 × twin 0.303-inch machine guns;

HMS Irwell was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy intended to serve in World War I. She was originally named HMS Bridlington, being renamed HMS Goole in 1918 before being launched on 12 August 1919. She was not completed until April 1926, when she was assigned to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a drillship. She was renamed again to Irwell in September 1926. She arrived at Lacmotts in Liverpool for breaking up on 27 November 1962.^[1]