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Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk Royal Navy Minesweepers World War One

[UP] - World War One - Hunt Class - Aberdare Class - Halcyon Class - Bangor Class - Algerine Class - Ex - Canadian and American Algerine Class - Catherine Class - Ton Class - Ham Class - Ley Class - Hunt Class - River Class - Sandown Class

Royal Navy Minesweepers built before and during World War One. As well as the first paddle steamer minesweepers used by the Royal Navy.

NAME

LAUNCHED

FATE

WORLD WAR ONE

Hunt Class

Belvoir 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Bicester 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Blackmorevale 1916 Sunk by mines on 1st May 1918.
Cotswold 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Cottesmore 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Cattistock 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Croome 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Dartmoor 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Garth 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Hambledon 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Heythrop 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Holderness 1916 Sold for scrapping in August 1924.
Meynell 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Muskerry 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Oakley 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Pytchley 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Quorn 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1922.
Southdown 1916 Sold for scrapping in December 1926.
Tedworth 1916 Became a diving tender in August 1923 and was later used for the radar trials before being sold for scrap in late 1946.
Zetland 1916 Sold for scrapping in 1923.
Aberdare Class
Aberdare 1917 Sold in 1947.
Abingdon 1917 She was beached at Malta after taking heavy bomb damage from Italian aircraft on 5th April 1942. Scrapped in 1950.
Albury 1917 Sold in 1947.
Alresford 1917 Sold in 1947.
Appledore 1917 Sold in 1920.
Badminton 1917 Sold in 1923.
Bagshot 1917 Became depot ship named Medway II from April 1945- February 1946 until she was sold in 1949. She was mined while in tow on 1st September 1951.
Barnstaple 1917 Sold in 1921.
Banchory 1917 Sold in 1922.
Blackburn 1917 Sold in 1922.
Bootle 1917 Sold in 1923.
Bradford 1917 Sold in 1920.
Burslem 1917 Sold in 1928.
Bury 1917 Sold in 1923.
Caerleon 1917 Sold in 1922.
Camberley 1917 Sold in 1923.
Carstairs 1917 Renamed Dryad in 1924 before being sold in April 1935.
Caterham 1917 Sold in April 1935.
Cheam 1917 Sold in 1922.
Clonmel 1917 Sold in 1922.
Craigie 1917 Sold in 1922.
Cupar 1917 Mined and sunk on 5th May 1919.
Derby 1917 Sold in 1946.
Dorking 1917 Sold in 1928.
Dundalk 1917 Mined 16th and sunk on 17th October 1940.
Dunoon 1917 Mined and sunk on 30th April 1940.
Elgin 1917 Sold in 1945.
Fairfield 1917 Sold in 1920.
Fareham 1917 Became depot ship St Angelo II from 1944-45 before being sold in 1948.
Faversham 1917 Sold in 1927.
Fermoy 1917 Bombed and sunk on 4th May 1941 while at Malta. Raised and scrapped.
Forfar 1917 Sold in 1922.
Fitzroy 1917 Completed as a survey vessel she was converted to minesweeper in 1939 but was mined and sunk on 27th May 1942.
Ford 1917 Sold in 1928.
Forres 1917 Sold in 1935.
Gaddesdon 1917 Sold in 1922.
Gainsborough 1917 Sold in 1928.
Gretna 1917 Sold in 1928.
Harrow 1917 Sold in 1947.
Havant 1917 Sold to Thailand and renamed Chow Phraya in August 1922.
Huntley 1917 Sank after coming under fire from aircraft on 31st January 1941
Instow 1917 Sold in 1920.
Irvine 1917 Sold in 1923.
Kendal 1917 Sold in 1928.
Kinross 1917 Mined and sunk on 16th June 1919.
Leamington 1917 Sold in 1928.
Longford 1917 Sold in 1923.
Lydd 1917 Sold in 1947.
Marlow 1917 Sold in 1928.
Mistley 1917 Unknown
Monaghan 1917 Sold in 1920.
Mallaig 1917 Sold in 1927.
Malvern 1917 Sold in 1928.
Marazion 1917 Sold in 1933.
Munlochy 1917 Sold in 1922.
Nailsea 1917 Sold in 1927.
Newark 1917 Sold in 1928.
Northolt 1917 Sold in 1928.
Pangbourne 1917 Sold in 1947.
Penarth 1917 Mined and sunk on 4th February 1919.
Petersfield 1917 Wrecked on Tung Yung Island on 11th November 1931.
Pontypool 1917 Sold in 1922.
Prestatyn 1917 Sold in 1923.
Repton 1917 Sold in 1920.
Ross 1917 Sold in 1947.
Rugby 1917 Sold in 1927.
Salford 1917 Sold in 1920.
Saltash 1917 Unknown
Saltburn 1917 Sold in 1946.
Selkirk 1917 Unknown
Sherborne 1917 Sold in 1928.
Shrewsbury 1917 Sold in 1927.
Sligo 1917 Sold in 1922.
Stafford 1917 Sold in 1928.
Stoke 1917 Sunk by aircraft on 7th May 1941.
Sutton 1917 Sold in 1947.
Swindon 1917 Sold in 1921.
Tiverton 1917 Sold in 1938.
Tonbridge 1917 Sold in 1928.
Tralee 1917 Sold in 1929.
Tring 1917 Sold in 1927
Truro 1917 Sold in 1928.
Wem 1917 Sold in 1921.
Wexford 1917 Sold in 1921.
Weybourne 1917 Sold in 1928.
Widnes 1917 Took heavy damage from aircraft on 20th May 1941 and beached at Suda Bay in Crete. She was repaired and refloated by the German Navy - renamed UJ2109 but sunk on 17th October 1943.
Yeovil 1917 Sold in 1928.
Dance Class
Cotillon Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Coverley Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Fandango Acquired from War Office in April 1919 Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk on 3rd July 1919.
Gavotte Acquired from War Office in December 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920.
Hornpipe Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Mazurka Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Minuet Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Morris Dance Acquired from War Office in April 1919 Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
Pirouette Acquired from War Office in December 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920.
Quadrille Acquired from War Office in October 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920.
Sarabande Acquired from War Office in December 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920.
Step Dance Acquired from War Office in April 1919 Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
Sword Dance Acquired from War Office in April 1919 Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk on 24th June 1919.
Tarantella Acquired from War Office in December 1917 Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920.
 

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