HMS Chepstow

HMS Chepstow

HMS "Chepstow" was a Racecourse class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. It was named for Chepstow Racecourse.

The ship's bell is in St. Mary's Church, Chepstow.

References

*Colledge

ee also

*HMS Chepstow Castle, a corvette cancelled in 1943


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