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Revision as of 14:49, 7 April 2018
| H.M.S. Angora (1910) | |
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| Pendant Number: | N.40 (Apr 1915) N.04 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton[2] |
| Yard Number: | 925[3] |
| Launched: | 1 Dec, 1910[4] |
| Commissioned: | 27 Feb, 1915[5] |
| Returned: | 15 Nov, 1919[6] |
| Fate: | to civil use |
H.M.S. Angora was a merchant ship which entered mercantile service in 1911 which was converted for use as a minelayer in 1915 for work with the Royal Navy.
Service
Angora worked on the Northern Barrage.[7]
Angora laid 14,729 mines during her Royal Navy service.[8]
The British criticised her for her slow speed and a low drop point that made active work in a following sea difficult to impossible, but noted that she had good arrangements for embarking mines, using her normal winches to lower them through special hatches.[9]
Armament
Guns
Her guns were as follows.[10]
- three 4.7-in
- two 6-pdr H.A. guns
Mines
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Walter R. G. Petre, 11 May, 1915[13][14] – 4 April, 1918[15]
- Acting Captain Edgar R. Morant, 9 September, 1915 – 13 September, 1915 (lent from Biarritz)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
- ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
- ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
- ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
- ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
- ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 12.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 12.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
- ↑ Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 400x.
- ↑ Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
Bibliography
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