HMS Scarborough in August 1943
Class overview
Name	Hastings class
Operators	Royal Navy  Royal Indian Navy  Pakistan Navy
Preceded by	Bridgewater class
Succeeded by	Shoreham class
Completed	5
Lost	1
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Displacement	1,045 tons
Length	250 ft (76 m)
Beam	34 ft 1 in (10.39 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines two shaft 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)
Armament	2 ×4-inch (102 mm) guns (2 × 1) 4 ×.5 in AA gun (1 × 4)

TheHastings class, also known as theFolkestone class, was a class ofsloop which were built for theRoyal Navy and theRoyal Indian Navy in the interwar period. In total five ships were built, and went on to see service in theSecond World War.

TheHastings were a follow on of the previousBridgewater class and utilised features developed from the lessons learnt from the convoy escorts of theFirst World War. They were fitted out as fleetminesweepers, but were intended to be multifunctional vessels. Features included a high, sustained forecastle to improve operations in high seas, and they were fitted with turbine machinery to improve performance. This turned out to be a drawback as the turbine machinery could not be mass-produced and the design was superseded by the Second World War in favour of classes that could be quickly brought into service.

Five ships were built in total, four for the Royal Navy and one for the Royal Indian Navy. They were launched in 1930 and all saw service in the Second World War.HMS Scarborough was disarmed before the outbreak and was rearmed with a 4 inches (100 mm) high angle anti-aircraft gun, a 12-pounder gun and 15depth charges, this number later being increased to 80. One,HMS Penzance was lost during the war after being torpedoed byU-37. The remaining Royal Navy ships were decommissioned after the war and had all been scrapped by 1949. The sole Indian ship,HMIS Hindustan was later involved inthe Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, and was subsequently transferred to thePakistan Navy in 1948 on its formation, and was renamedKarsaz. She was broken up in 1951.

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