Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company located at Ayrshire.

History

Founded in 1885, the yard would build minesweepers for the Royal Navy in the Great War.

Shipbuilding

Ship	Type	Launched	Fate
H.M.S. Aphis	gunboat	15 Sep, 1915	Sold 1947
H.M.S. Bee	gunboat	8 Dec, 1915	Sold 1939
H.M.S. Cricket	gunboat	16 Dec, 1915	Mined Jun, 1941
H.M.S. Ascot	paddle minesweeper	26 Jan, 1916	Torpedoed 10 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Atherstone	paddle minesweeper	4 Apr, 1916	Sold 12 Aug, 1927
H.M.S. Chelmsford	paddle minesweeper	16 Jun, 1916	Sold 25 Nov, 1927
H.M.S. Belvoir	minesweeper	8 Mar, 1917	Sold 1922
H.M.S. Bicester	minesweeper	8 Jun, 1917	Sold early 1923
H.M.S. Banbury	paddle minesweeper	19 Dec, 1917	Sold 14 Sep, 1923
H.M.S. Harpenden	paddle minesweeper	26 Feb, 1918	Broken up Apr, 1928
H.M.S. Aberdare	minesweeper	29 Apr, 1918	Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Abingdon	minesweeper	11 Jun, 1918	Bombed 5 Apr, 1942
H.M.S. Leamington	minesweeper	26 Aug, 1918	Sold 19 May, 1928
H.M.S. Albury	minesweeper	21 Nov, 1918	Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Alresford	minesweeper	17 Jan, 1919	Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Beaufort	minesweeper	21 Feb, 1919	Sold 30 Jun, 1938
H.M.S. Collinson	minesweeper	30 Apr, 1919	Sold 25 Oct, 1922
H.M.S. Appledore	minesweeper	15 Aug, 1919	Sold 16 Oct, 1920

See Also

• Wikipedia