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Royal Navy Minesweepers built before and during World War One. As well as the first paddle steamer minesweepers used by the Royal Navy. |
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NAME |
LAUNCHED |
FATE |
WORLD WAR ONE |
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Hunt Class |
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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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