HMS Wem
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Builder | William Simons & Co., Renfrew |
| Launched | 12 September 1919 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| 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 |
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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.