H.M.S. Speedwell
HMS Speedwell
HMS Speedwell was a mine sweeping torpedo-gunboat in the Great War. She had been fitted with the 'A' (Actaeon) sweep in 1908, and was of the Sharpshooter Class, later known as the Gossamer-type.
She survived the Great War and was put up for sale by the Royal Navy in 1919.
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