HMS Bootle (1918)

HMS Bootle (1918)

HMS "Bootle" was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named "Buckie", but this was changed to avoid any conflict between the vessel name and a coastal location.

ee also

*Bootle, Lancashire

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