H.M.S. Eglinton (1916)

H.M.S. Eglinton (1916)
Admiralty Pendant Number:	888^[1]
Pendant Number:	T.02 (Sep 1918)^[2]
Builder:	Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company^[3]
Ordered:	Sep 1915^[4]
Launched:	9 Sep, 1916^[5]
Sold:	Jul, 1922^[6]

H.M.S. Eglinton was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In January, 1921, she was one of six paddle minesweepers allocated to the Central Reserve of Minesweepers, along with thirty-four twin screw minesweepers, all under C. & M. parties.^[7]

Captains

Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command George A. Drummond, 16 October, 1916^[8]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Albert Goldsmith, 19 March, 1918^[9]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393i.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 782.