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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 28 December 2021

H.M.S. Angora (1910)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  2. ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
  3. ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
  4. ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  6. ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  8. ↑ Clydesite.co.uk
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 12.
  10. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 12.
  12. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  13. ↑ Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 400x.
  15. ↑ Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  16. ↑ Longden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/246. f. 246.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 987.
  18. ↑ Longden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/246. f. 246.
  19. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/193. f. ?.
  20. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/193. f. ?.

Bibliography


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