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Revision as of 16:24, 7 July 2015
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.
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.
Construction
Armament
As Built
- on or two 12-pdr
- one or two 6-pdr
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.
