Hunt Class Minesweeper (1916)

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

^[1]

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]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.

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.