![]() ![]() ![]() The machinery was rated at 1,750 shaft horsepower (1,300 kW) giving a speed of 17 knots (20 mph 31 km/h). Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers supplied steam to geared steam turbines driving two shafts. Displacement was 835 long tons (848 t) standard and 1,330 long tons (1,350 t) deep load. Sharpshooter was 245 feet 6 inches (74.83 m) long overall and 230 feet 0 inches (70.10 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 33 feet 6 inches (10.21 m) and a draught of 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 m) at deep load. the Bridgewater class, Hastings class and Shoreham class), which as their design evolved, were becoming increasingly focused on escort duties and becoming too large for use as minesweepers. ![]() The Halcyon class were a class of dedicated minesweepers, designed to be smaller and cheaper than the dual-purpose (minesweeping and colonial patrol vessel) minesweeping sloops that had been built since the late 1920s (i.e. She was laid up into reserve in 1961 and sold for scrap in 1965. Post war, she was converted to a survey ship, and was renamed HMS Shackleton in 1953. She took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, and sank the German submarine U-655 in 1942. She served through the Second World War, acting both in her designed role as minesweeper and as a convoy escort, escorting several Arctic convoys. Built at Devonport Dockyard, Sharpshooter was completed in 1937. HMS Sharpshooter was a Halcyon-class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy. 4 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I.2 × QF 4 in Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns, single mounts HA Mk.III.For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sharpshooter. ![]()
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