HMS Folkestone (L22)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Folkestone.

History


Class and type:	Hastings-class sloop
Name:	HMS Folkestone
Builder:	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne
Laid down:	21 May 1929
Launched:	12 February 1930
Commissioned:	25 June 1930
Fate:	Sold 22 May 1947 broken up November 1947
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,045 tons
Length:	250 ft (76 m)
Beam:	34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:	Geared turbines two shafts
Speed:	16 knots at 2,000 hp
Complement:	100 men
Armament:	two 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk IX guns, four 4.5 in anti-aircraft guns,
Notes:	Pennant number L22 (later U22)

HMS Folkestone was a Hastings class sloop of the Royal Navy that saw action in World War II. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. of Wallsend-on-Tyne, laid down on 21 May 1929 and launched on 12 February 1930. She was commissioned on 25 June 1930 under the pennant number L22/U22.

On 17 October 1940 off Iceland, HMS Folkestone rescued seven survivors from SS Doka, a Norwegian merchantman sunk by the German submarine U-93.

She was sold on 22 May 1947 and broken up in November that year by Ward, of Milford Haven.

Notes

Hague, Arnold. Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies.

Hastings-class sloop

Royal Navy	Hastings Folkestone Penzance Scarborough

Royal Indian Navy	Hindustan

Pakistan Navy	Karsaz

Preceded by: Bridgewater class Followed by: Shoreham class List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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