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Hunt Class - World Naval Ships Directory

Hunt Class

Class : Hunt
Builder :
Country : UK
Ship Type : Minesweeper
Pennants : J49, J23, J32, N32, J41, N41, J06, J52, J89, N89, J40, N40, J44, N44, J37, J18, N18, T18, J58, N58, N62, J62, J90, N90, J57, J60, J39, N61, J61, J56, J45, J33, N78, J55, J05
Profile : A class of some 149 ships built in two groups, referred to as the Belvoir Group and the Aberdare Group.

Hunt Class Minesweepers. c. 1916 - 1919

Ships in the Hunt class (ordered by name)... :

NameLaunchedFate
Aberdare29th April 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Abingdon11th June 1918Beached after air attack, 5th April 1942. Broken up 1950.
Albury21st November 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Alresford17th January 1919Sold 13th March 1947.
Appledore15th August 1919Sold out of service 15 August 1920, renamed Kamlawti
Badminton18th March 1918Sold 19th May 1928.
Bagshot23rd May 1918Sold out of service 1947
Banchory15th May 1918Scrapped 18th May 1922.
Barnstaple20th March 1919Sold privately (Lady Cynthia) 1st December 1921.
BattleOctober 1919Cancelled and launched incomplete October 1919, scrapped March 1922
Belvoir8th March 1917Sold July 1922.
Bicester8th June 1917Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Blackburn13th August 1918Sold 17th October 1922.
Blackmorevale23rd March 1917Sunk by mine 1st May 1918 off Montrose.
Bloxham11th September 1919Order cancelled October 1919, then sold incomplete for scrapping 23rd October 1923.
Bootle11th June 1918Sold for scrap 21st February 1923.
Bradfield14th May 1919Sold privately (Champavati) October 1920.
Burslem5th March 1918Sold 19th May 1928.
Bury17th May 1919Sold 20th January 1923.
Caerleon December 1918Scrapped April 1922
Camberley28th December 1918 Sold July 1923
Carstairs18th April 1919Renamed Dryad 4th January 1924. Renamed Carstairs 15th August 1924.
Caterham6th March 1919Sold 26th April 1935.
Cattistock 21st February 1917Scrapped 22 February 1923
Cheam2nd July 1919Sold out of service 18 March 1922
Clonmel15th May 1918Sold July 1922.
Cotswold28th November 1916Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Cottesmore9th February 1917Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Craigie29th May 1918Sold 18th May 1922.
Croome22nd May 1917Sold July 1922.
Cupar27th March 1918Sunk 5th May 1919.
Dartmoor30th March 1917Sold for scrap 2nd November 1923.
Derby9th August 1918Sold for scrap July 1946.
Dorking26th September 1918Scrapped 27th May 1928.
Dundalk31st January 1919Mined 16 October 1940, sank 17 October 1940 under tow
Dunoon21st March 1919Sunk 30th April 1940.
Elgin3rd March 1919Sold 20 March 1945
Fairfield30th May 1919 Sold out of service 3 March 1920
Fareham7th June 1918Base Ship (St Angelo II) 1944.
Faversham19th July 1918Sold for breaking 25 November 1927
Fermoy3rd February 1919Scrapped 30th April 1941.
Ford19th October 1918Sold out of service October 1928
Forfar20th August 1918Sold March 1922
Forres22nd November 1918Sold 26 April 1935
Gaddesden30th November 1917Sold 4 November 1922
Gainsborough12th February 1918Sold June 1928
Garth9th May 1917Sold 21st February 1923.
Goole18th June 1918Renamed Irwell as RNVR drillship in September 1926. Scrapped November 1962
Gretna11th April 1918Sold for scrapping 1928
Hambledon9th March 1917Scrapped 1922
HarrowJuly 1918Scrapped 1947
HavantNovember 1918Sold to Thailand, renamed Chow Phraya in August 1922
Heythrop4th June 1917Scrapped July 1922
Holderness9th November 1916Scrapped August 1924
Huntley18th January 1919Sunk by German aircraft 31 January 1941
InstowApril 1919Sold 1920
Irvine8th December 1917Sold 21st February 1923.
Kellett31st May 1919Sold 20 March 1945 scrapped at Sunderland
KendalFebruary 1918Sold 1928
KinrossJune 1918Mined and sunk 16 June 1919
Leamington26th August 1918Scrapped 19th May 1928.
LongfordMarch 1919Sold 1923
Lydd4th December 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
MallaigOctober 1918Sold 1927
Malvern19th December 1919Sold for scrap 26th June 1928.
Marazion15th April 1919Sold March 1933.
MarlowAugust 1918Sold 1928
Meynell7th February 1917Sold 4th November 1922.
MistleyOctober 1918Sold inter war years
MonoghanMay 1919Sold 1920
Munlochy12th June 1918Sold 23rd November 1922.
Muskerry28th November 1916Scrapped 22 January 1923
Nailsea8th August 1918Ordered as HMS Newquay 17th July 1917, renamed Nailsea on 25th June 1918. Sold 25th November 1927.
Newark19th June 1919Laid down as Newlyn and renamed in 1918. Sold June 1928.
Northolt21st June 1918Scrapped April 1928.
Oakley10th January 1917Scrapped January 1923
Pangbourne26th March 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Penarth1918Sunk by mine post war 4 April 1919
Petersfield3rd March 1919Wrecked 11th November 1931.
PontypoolJune 1918Sold 1922
PrestatynNovember 1918Sold 1923
Pytchley24th March 1917Scrapped July 1922
Quorn4th June 1917Sold 18th September 1922.
Repton29th May 1919Sold 1920 renamed Rupavati
Ross12th June 1919Sold for scrap 13 March 1947
Rugby6th September 1918Sold 25 November 1927
Salford3rd April 1919Sold privately (Vegavati) October 1920.
Saltash25th July 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Saltburn9th October 1918Sold 23rd October 1946.
Selkirk2nd December 1918Sold 17th May 1947.
SherborneJune 1918Sold 1928
ShrewsburyFebruary 1918Sold 1927
SligoMarch 1918Sold 1922
Southdown7th July 1917Scrapped December 1926
StaffordFebruary 1918Sold 1928
Stoke8th July 1918Sunk by aircraft 7 May 1941
Sutton8th May 1918Scrapped 1947
Swindon25th December 1918Sold privately (Lady Cecilia) 1st December 1921.
Tedworth20th June 1917Sold for scrap May 1946.
Tiverton24th September 1918Sold December 1938.
Tonbridge5th November 1918Sold 19 May 1928
Tralee17th December 1918Sold 2 July 1929
TringAugust 1919Sold 1927
Truro16th April 1919Sold 19 May 1928
Wem12th September 1919Sold 22 April 1922 renamed Deshalpur
Wexford10th October 1919Sold out of service 1921 renamed SS Doomba
WeybourneFebruary 1919Sold 1928
Widnes28th June 1918Sunk by German aircraft in Suda Bay 20 May 1941
YeovilAugust 1918Sold 1928
Zetland1917Scrapped 18th January 1923. In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there



Ships in the Hunt class (ordered by launch date)... :

NameLaunchedFate
Cotswold28th November 1916Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Muskerry28th November 1916Scrapped 22 January 1923
Holderness9th November 1916Scrapped August 1924
Zetland1917Scrapped 18th January 1923. In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there
Oakley10th January 1917Scrapped January 1923
Gaddesden30th November 1917Sold 4 November 1922
Irvine8th December 1917Sold 21st February 1923.
Cattistock 21st February 1917Scrapped 22 February 1923
Meynell7th February 1917Sold 4th November 1922.
Cottesmore9th February 1917Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Blackmorevale23rd March 1917Sunk by mine 1st May 1918 off Montrose.
Pytchley24th March 1917Scrapped July 1922
Dartmoor30th March 1917Sold for scrap 2nd November 1923.
Belvoir8th March 1917Sold July 1922.
Hambledon9th March 1917Scrapped 1922
Croome22nd May 1917Sold July 1922.
Garth9th May 1917Sold 21st February 1923.
Tedworth20th June 1917Sold for scrap May 1946.
Quorn4th June 1917Sold 18th September 1922.
Heythrop4th June 1917Scrapped July 1922
Bicester8th June 1917Sold for scrap 18th January 1923.
Southdown7th July 1917Scrapped December 1926
Penarth1918Sunk by mine post war 4 April 1919
MallaigOctober 1918Sold 1927
MistleyOctober 1918Sold inter war years
Ford19th October 1918Sold out of service October 1928
Saltburn9th October 1918Sold 23rd October 1946.
HavantNovember 1918Sold to Thailand, renamed Chow Phraya in August 1922
PrestatynNovember 1918Sold 1923
Albury21st November 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Forres22nd November 1918Sold 26 April 1935
Tonbridge5th November 1918Sold 19 May 1928
Caerleon December 1918Scrapped April 1922
Tralee17th December 1918Sold 2 July 1929
Selkirk2nd December 1918Sold 17th May 1947.
Swindon25th December 1918Sold privately (Lady Cecilia) 1st December 1921.
Camberley28th December 1918 Sold July 1923
Lydd4th December 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
KendalFebruary 1918Sold 1928
ShrewsburyFebruary 1918Sold 1927
StaffordFebruary 1918Sold 1928
Gainsborough12th February 1918Sold June 1928
SligoMarch 1918Sold 1922
Badminton18th March 1918Sold 19th May 1928.
Pangbourne26th March 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Cupar27th March 1918Sunk 5th May 1919.
Burslem5th March 1918Sold 19th May 1928.
Gretna11th April 1918Sold for scrapping 1928
Aberdare29th April 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Banchory15th May 1918Scrapped 18th May 1922.
Clonmel15th May 1918Sold July 1922.
Bagshot23rd May 1918Sold out of service 1947
Craigie29th May 1918Sold 18th May 1922.
Sutton8th May 1918Scrapped 1947
KinrossJune 1918Mined and sunk 16 June 1919
PontypoolJune 1918Sold 1922
SherborneJune 1918Sold 1928
Abingdon11th June 1918Beached after air attack, 5th April 1942. Broken up 1950.
Bootle11th June 1918Sold for scrap 21st February 1923.
Munlochy12th June 1918Sold 23rd November 1922.
Goole18th June 1918Renamed Irwell as RNVR drillship in September 1926. Scrapped November 1962
Northolt21st June 1918Scrapped April 1928.
Widnes28th June 1918Sunk by German aircraft in Suda Bay 20 May 1941
Fareham7th June 1918Base Ship (St Angelo II) 1944.
HarrowJuly 1918Scrapped 1947
Faversham19th July 1918Sold for breaking 25 November 1927
Saltash25th July 1918Sold 13th March 1947.
Stoke8th July 1918Sunk by aircraft 7 May 1941
MarlowAugust 1918Sold 1928
YeovilAugust 1918Sold 1928
Blackburn13th August 1918Sold 17th October 1922.
Forfar20th August 1918Sold March 1922
Leamington26th August 1918Scrapped 19th May 1928.
Nailsea8th August 1918Ordered as HMS Newquay 17th July 1917, renamed Nailsea on 25th June 1918. Sold 25th November 1927.
Derby9th August 1918Sold for scrap July 1946.
Tiverton24th September 1918Sold December 1938.
Dorking26th September 1918Scrapped 27th May 1928.
Rugby6th September 1918Sold 25 November 1927
Alresford17th January 1919Sold 13th March 1947.
Huntley18th January 1919Sunk by German aircraft 31 January 1941
Dundalk31st January 1919Mined 16 October 1940, sank 17 October 1940 under tow
BattleOctober 1919Cancelled and launched incomplete October 1919, scrapped March 1922
Wexford10th October 1919Sold out of service 1921 renamed SS Doomba
Malvern19th December 1919Sold for scrap 26th June 1928.
WeybourneFebruary 1919Sold 1928
Fermoy3rd February 1919Scrapped 30th April 1941.
LongfordMarch 1919Sold 1923
Barnstaple20th March 1919Sold privately (Lady Cynthia) 1st December 1921.
Dunoon21st March 1919Sunk 30th April 1940.
Petersfield3rd March 1919Wrecked 11th November 1931.
Elgin3rd March 1919Sold 20 March 1945
Caterham6th March 1919Sold 26th April 1935.
InstowApril 1919Sold 1920
Marazion15th April 1919Sold March 1933.
Truro16th April 1919Sold 19 May 1928
Carstairs18th April 1919Renamed Dryad 4th January 1924. Renamed Carstairs 15th August 1924.
Salford3rd April 1919Sold privately (Vegavati) October 1920.
MonoghanMay 1919Sold 1920
Bradfield14th May 1919Sold privately (Champavati) October 1920.
Bury17th May 1919Sold 20th January 1923.
Repton29th May 1919Sold 1920 renamed Rupavati
Fairfield30th May 1919 Sold out of service 3 March 1920
Kellett31st May 1919Sold 20 March 1945 scrapped at Sunderland
Ross12th June 1919Sold for scrap 13 March 1947
Newark19th June 1919Laid down as Newlyn and renamed in 1918. Sold June 1928.
Cheam2nd July 1919Sold out of service 18 March 1922
TringAugust 1919Sold 1927
Appledore15th August 1919Sold out of service 15 August 1920, renamed Kamlawti
Bloxham11th September 1919Order cancelled October 1919, then sold incomplete for scrapping 23rd October 1923.
Wem12th September 1919Sold 22 April 1922 renamed Deshalpur

Ships in this class went on to become :

Fareham St Angelo II (UK) (1944)
Fareham (UK) (October 1945)
Carstairs Dryad (UK) (4th January 1924)
Carstairs (UK) (15th August 1924)

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