HMS Lyme Regis was a built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
The Bangor class was designed as a small minesweeper that could be easily built in large numbers by civilian shipyards; as steam turbines were difficult to manufacture, the ships were designed to accept a wide variety of engines. Lyme Regis displaced 656LT at standard load and 820LT at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 174feet, a beam of 28feet and a draught of 10feet.[1] The ship's complement consisted of 60 officers and ratings.[2]
She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2000shp and gave a maximum speed of 16kn. Lyme Regis carried a maximum of 160LT of fuel oil that gave her a range of 2800nmi at .[3]
The turbine-powered Bangors were armed with a 12-pounder 3inches anti-aircraft gun and a single QF 2-pounder (4 cm) AA gun. In some ships the 2-pounder was replaced a single or twin 20 mm Oerlikon AA gun, while most ships were fitted with four additional single Oerlikon mounts over the course of the war.[3] For escort work, her minesweeping gear could be exchanged for around 40 depth charges.[2]
Ordered in late 1939, Lyme Regis was launched on 19 March 1942 and commissioned on 5 June 1942. Originally named HMS Sunderland, she was renamed after the original Lyme Regis, her sister ship, was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and became . Lyme Regis was sold for scrap on 24 August 1948 and was scrapped at Sunderland.[4]
. Henry Trevor Lenton. British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 1998. 1-55750-048-7.