History
United Kingdom
Builder	Bow, McLachlan and Company, Paisley, Scotland
Launched	19 April 1919
Fate	Sold 26 April 1935 to Thos. W. Ward, Grays
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class minesweeper Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed	max 16 knots
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73 men
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

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

On 4 January 1924 she was renamed HMS Dryad, but reverted to Carstairs on 15 August 1924.

• Carstairs, South Lanarkshire

• A scale model of Carstairs is held by National Museums Scotland

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