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Twenty '''''Hunt'' class minesweepers''' were ordered for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917 to a design drawn up by [[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]. A larger order for a modified Admiralty design was placed the following year. | Twenty '''''Hunt'' class minesweepers''' were ordered for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917 to a design drawn up by [[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]. A larger order for a modified Admiralty design was placed the following year. | ||
They were to be the first true fleet minesweepers. | They were to be the first true fleet minesweepers. | ||
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Revision as of 15:27, 9 April 2018
Twenty Hunt class minesweepers were ordered for the Royal Navy in 1917 to a design drawn up by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. A larger order for a modified Admiralty design was placed the following year.
They were to be the first true fleet minesweepers.
They were twin screw vessels, in response to fears that paddle-sweepers might ensnare moored mines in their paddle wheels.
| Overview of 115 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Belvoir | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 8 Mar, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Bicester | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 8 Jun, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Blackmorevale | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 23 Mar, 1917 | 1917 | Mined 1 May, 1918 | |
| Cotswold | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 28 Nov, 1916 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Cottesmore | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 9 Feb, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Cattistock | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 21 Feb, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Croome | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 22 May, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Dartmoor | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 30 Mar, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Garth | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 9 May, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Hambledon | Fleming & Ferguson | 9 Mar, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Heythrop | Fleming & Ferguson | 4 Jun, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Holderness | D. & W. Henderson & Company | 9 Nov, 1916 | 1917 | Sold Aug, 1924 | |
| Meynell | D. & W. Henderson & Company | 7 Feb, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Muskerry | Lobnitz & Company | Jun, 1916 | 28 Nov, 1916 | Jan, 1917 | Sold early 1923 |
| Oakley | Lobnitz & Company | 10 Jan, 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Pytchley | Napier & Miller | 24 Mar, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Quorn | Napier & Miller | 4 Jun, 1917 | 1917 | Sold 1922 | |
| Southdown | William Simons & Company | 7 May, 1917 | 1917 | Sold Dec, 1926 | |
| Tedworth | William Simons & Company | 20 Jun, 1917 | 1917 | Sold Nov, 1946 | |
| Zetland | Murdoch & Murray | 1917 | 1917 | Sold early 1923 | |
| Aberdare | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 29 Apr, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Abingdon | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 11 Jun, 1918 | Bombed 5 Apr, 1942 | ||
| Albury | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 21 Nov, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Alresford | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 17 Jan, 1919 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Beaufort | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 21 Feb, 1919 | Sold 30 Jun, 1938 | ||
| Collinson | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 30 Apr, 1919 | Sold 25 Oct, 1922 | ||
| Appledore | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 15 Aug, 1919 | Sold 16 Oct, 1920 | ||
| Leamington | Ailsa Shilbuilding | 26 Aug, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Badminton | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 18 Mar, 1918 | Sold 12 Aug, 1928 | ||
| Bagshot | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 23 May, 1918 | Sold 1949 | ||
| Barnstaple | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 20 Mar, 1919 | Sold 12 Aug, 1928 | ||
| Swindon | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 25 Dec, 1918 | Sold 1 Dec, 1921 | ||
| Banchory | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 15 May, 1918 | Sold 18 May, 1922 | ||
| Bloxham | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 11 Sep, 1919 | Sold 23 Oct, 1923 | ||
| Bradfield | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 14 May, 1919 | Sold Oct, 1920 | ||
| Burslem | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 5 Mar, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Goole | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 12 Aug, 1919 | Broken up Nov, 1962 | ||
| Blackburn | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 13 Aug, 1918 | Sold 17 Oct, 1922 | ||
| Bootle | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 11 Jun, 1918 | Sold 21 Feb, 1923 | ||
| Caerleon | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 6 Dec, 1918 | Sold Apr, 1922 | ||
| Camberley | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 28 Dec, 1918 | Sold Jul, 1923 | ||
| Carstairs | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 18 Apr, 1919 | Sold 26 Apr, 1935 | ||
| Caterham | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 6 Mar, 1919 | Sold 26 Apr, 1935 | ||
| Battle | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 1919 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
| Fermoy | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 5 Feb, 1919 | Sunk 4 May, 1941 | ||
| Forfar | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 20 Nov, 1918 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
| Bury | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 17 May, 1919 | Sold 20 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Cheam | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 2 Jul, 1919 | Sold 18 Mar, 1922 | ||
| Gretna | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 11 Apr, 1918 | Sold 3 Oct, 1928 | ||
| Harrow | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 30 Jul, 1918 | Sold 1947 | ||
| Havant | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 24 Mar, 1919 | Sold Aug, 1922 | ||
| Huntley | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 18 Jan, 1919 | Sunk 31 Jan, 1941 | ||
| Instow | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 15 Apr, 1919 | Sold 15 Nov, 1920 | ||
| Template:UK-Gaddesdon | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 30 Nov, 1917 | Sold 4 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Gainsborough | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 12 Feb, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1928 | ||
| Northolt | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company | 21 Jun, 1918 | Sold 29 Feb, 1928 | ||
| Clonmel | William Simons & Company | 14 May, 1918 | Sold Jul, 1922 | ||
| Elgin | William Simons & Company | 3 Mar, 1919 | Sold 20 Mar, 1945 | ||
| Sherborne | William Simons & Company | 27 Jun, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Tiverton | William Simons & Company | 12 Feb, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1928 | ||
| Tonbridge | William Simons & Company | 5 Nov, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Tralee | William Simons & Company | 17 Dec, 1918 | Sold 2 Jul, 1929 | ||
| Tring | William Simons & Company | 23 Aug, 1918 | Sold 7 Oct, 1927 | ||
| Truro | William Simons & Company | 15 Apr, 1919 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Template:UK-Uppingham | William Simons & Company | 31 May, 1919 | Sold 20 Mar, 1945 | ||
| Verwood | William Simons & Company | 12 Aug, 1919 | Sold Oct, 1933 | ||
| Wem | William Simons & Company | 12 Sep, 1919 | Sold 22 Apr, 1921 | ||
| Wexford | William Simons & Company | 10 Oct, 1919 | Sold 1 Dec, 1921 | ||
| Craigie | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 29 May, 1918 | Sold 18 May, 1922 | ||
| Derby | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 9 Aug, 1918 | Sold Jul, 1946 | ||
| Dorking | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 26 Sep, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1928 | ||
| Dundalk | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 21 Mar, 1919 | Sunk 17 Oct, 1940 | ||
| Dunoon | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 21 Mar, 1919 | Mined 30 Apr, 1940 | ||
| Fairfield | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 30 May, 1919 | Sold 3 Mar, 1920 | ||
| Forres | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 22 Nov, 1918 | Sold 26 Apr, 1935 | ||
| Cupar | Archibald McMillan & Son | 27 Mar, 1918 | Mined 5 May, 1919 | ||
| Sutton | Archibald McMillan & Son | 8 May, 1918 | Sold 1947 | ||
| Fareham | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 7 Jun, 1918 | Sold 24 Aug, 1948 | ||
| Faversham | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 19 Jul, 1918 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
| Ford | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 19 Oct, 1918 | Sold Oct, 1928 | ||
| Rugby | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 6 Sep, 1918 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
| Irvine | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 8 Dec, 1917 | Sold 21 Feb, 1923 | ||
| Kendal | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 9 Feb, 1918 | Sold 3 Oct, 1928 | ||
| Kinross | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 4 Jul, 1918 | Mined 16 Jun, 1919 | ||
| Lydd | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 4 Dec, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Longford | W. Harkess & Sons | 15 Mar, 1919 | Sold 18 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Marlow | W. Harkess & Sons | 7 Aug, 1918 | Sold 21 Apr, 1928 | ||
| Mistley | W. Harkess & Sons | 19 Oct, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 | ||
| Monaghan | W. Harkess & Sons | 29 May, 1919 | Sold 15 Nov, 1920 | ||
| Mallaig | Fleming & Ferguson | 10 Oct, 1918 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
| Malvern | Fleming & Ferguson | 19 Feb, 1919 | Sold 26 Jun, 1928 | ||
| Marazion | Fleming & Ferguson | 15 Apr, 1919 | Sold Mar, 1933 | ||
| Munlochy | Fleming & Ferguson | 12 Jun, 1918 | Sold 23 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Nailsea | A. & J. Inglis | 7 Aug, 1918 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
| Newark | A. & J. Inglis | 19 Jun, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1928 | ||
| Repton | A. & J. Inglis | 29 May, 1919 | Sold Oct, 1920 | ||
| Weybourne | A. & J. Inglis | 21 Feb, 1919 | Sold 4 Oct, 1928 | ||
| Pangbourne | Lobnitz & Company | 26 Mar, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Penarth | Lobnitz & Company | 21 May, 1918 | Mined 4 Feb, 1919 | ||
| Petersfield | Lobnitz & Company | 3 Mar, 1919 | Wrecked 11 Nov, 1931 | ||
| Pinner | Lobnitz & Company | 15 Apr, 1919 | Mined 27 May, 1942 | ||
| Pontypool | Lobnitz & Company | 25 Jun, 1918 | Sold 18 May, 1922 | ||
| Prestatyn | Lobnitz & Company | 6 Nov, 1918 | Sold 22 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Radley | Lobnitz & Company | 26 Aug, 1919 | Sold Aug, 1945 | ||
| Ross | Lobnitz & Company | 12 Jun, 1919 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Salford | Murdoch & Murray | 3 Apr, 1919 | Sold Oct, 1920 | ||
| Saltash | Murdoch & Murray | 25 Jul, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 | ||
| Saltburn | Murdoch & Murray | 9 Oct, 1918 | Sold 23 Oct, 1946 | ||
| Selkirk | Murdoch & Murray | 2 Dec, 1918 | Broken up Oct, 1948 | ||
| Shrewsbury | Napier & Miller | 12 Feb, 1918 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
| Sligo | Napier & Miller | 23 Mar, 1918 | Sold 4 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Widnes | Napier & Miller | 28 Jun, 1918 | Sunk 17 Oct, 1943 | ||
| Yeovil | Napier & Miller | 27 Aug, 1918 | Sold 4 Oct, 1928 | ||
| Stafford | Charles Rennoldson & Company | 20 Sep, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1928 | ||
| Stoke | Charles Rennoldson & Company | 8 Jul, 1918 | Sunk 7 May, 1941 | ||
Construction
Armament
1916 Order, Ailsa Design
These ships generally conformed to two armament patterns, one being twice the power of the second.[1]
Some mounted:
- two 12-pdr
- two 6-pdr
Others had:
- one 12-pdr
- one 6-pdr
1917 Order, Admiralty Design
- one 4-in Q.F. gun
- one 12-pdr H.A. gun
Service
Upon completion, most of these joined the Second and Third Minesweeping Flotillas operating out of Granton.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
