HMS Cupar (1918)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Cupar
Builder	A McMillan & Son, Dumbarton
Launched	27 March 1918
Fate	Sunk 5 May 1919 by a mine in the North Sea off the Tyne
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class minesweeper, Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (9 m)
Draught	8 ft (2 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow boilers Vertical triple-expansion engines 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp (1,641 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) max
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 Cupar was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Rosslare, but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.

See also

• Cupar, Fife, Scotland

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.