HMS Sword Dance (1918)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | ET 10 |
| Owner | War Department |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Out of service | Transferred to Royal Navy April 1919 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sword Dance |
| Acquired | April 1919 |
| Fate | Mined and sunk 24 June 1919, remains blown up 17 September 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Dance-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 265 long tons (269 t) |
| Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) pp |
| Beam | 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m) |
| Draught | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
| Complement | 22–26 |
| Armament | 1 ×6-pounder gun |
HMS Sword Dance was a Dance-class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy. Sword Dance was built by Lytham Ship Building in 1918, and in 1919 was deployed as part of the North Russia intervention in the Russian Civil War. On 24 June 1919, the ship was mined while operating against the Bolsheviks on the Dvina River, south of Archangel, Russia.