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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. |
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Hunt Class Minesweepers. c. 1916 - 1919 |
Ships in the Hunt class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Aberdare | 29th April 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Abingdon | 11th June 1918 | Beached after air attack, 5th April 1942. Broken up 1950. |
Albury | 21st November 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Alresford | 17th January 1919 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Appledore | 15th August 1919 | Sold out of service 15 August 1920, renamed Kamlawti |
Badminton | 18th March 1918 | Sold 19th May 1928. |
Bagshot | 23rd May 1918 | Sold out of service 1947 |
Banchory | 15th May 1918 | Scrapped 18th May 1922. |
Barnstaple | 20th March 1919 | Sold privately (Lady Cynthia) 1st December 1921. |
Battle | October 1919 | Cancelled and launched incomplete October 1919, scrapped March 1922 |
Belvoir | 8th March 1917 | Sold July 1922. |
Bicester | 8th June 1917 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Blackburn | 13th August 1918 | Sold 17th October 1922. |
Blackmorevale | 23rd March 1917 | Sunk by mine 1st May 1918 off Montrose. |
Bloxham | 11th September 1919 | Order cancelled October 1919, then sold incomplete for scrapping 23rd October 1923. |
Bootle | 11th June 1918 | Sold for scrap 21st February 1923. |
Bradfield | 14th May 1919 | Sold privately (Champavati) October 1920. |
Burslem | 5th March 1918 | Sold 19th May 1928. |
Bury | 17th May 1919 | Sold 20th January 1923. |
Caerleon | December 1918 | Scrapped April 1922 |
Camberley | 28th December 1918 | Sold July 1923 |
Carstairs | 18th April 1919 | Renamed Dryad 4th January 1924. Renamed Carstairs 15th August 1924. |
Caterham | 6th March 1919 | Sold 26th April 1935. |
Cattistock | 21st February 1917 | Scrapped 22 February 1923 |
Cheam | 2nd July 1919 | Sold out of service 18 March 1922 |
Clonmel | 15th May 1918 | Sold July 1922. |
Cotswold | 28th November 1916 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Cottesmore | 9th February 1917 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Craigie | 29th May 1918 | Sold 18th May 1922. |
Croome | 22nd May 1917 | Sold July 1922. |
Cupar | 27th March 1918 | Sunk 5th May 1919. |
Dartmoor | 30th March 1917 | Sold for scrap 2nd November 1923. |
Derby | 9th August 1918 | Sold for scrap July 1946. |
Dorking | 26th September 1918 | Scrapped 27th May 1928. |
Dundalk | 31st January 1919 | Mined 16 October 1940, sank 17 October 1940 under tow |
Dunoon | 21st March 1919 | Sunk 30th April 1940. |
Elgin | 3rd March 1919 | Sold 20 March 1945 |
Fairfield | 30th May 1919 | Sold out of service 3 March 1920 |
Fareham | 7th June 1918 | Base Ship (St Angelo II) 1944. |
Faversham | 19th July 1918 | Sold for breaking 25 November 1927 |
Fermoy | 3rd February 1919 | Scrapped 30th April 1941. |
Ford | 19th October 1918 | Sold out of service October 1928 |
Forfar | 20th August 1918 | Sold March 1922 |
Forres | 22nd November 1918 | Sold 26 April 1935 |
Gaddesden | 30th November 1917 | Sold 4 November 1922 |
Gainsborough | 12th February 1918 | Sold June 1928 |
Garth | 9th May 1917 | Sold 21st February 1923. |
Goole | 18th June 1918 | Renamed Irwell as RNVR drillship in September 1926. Scrapped November 1962 |
Gretna | 11th April 1918 | Sold for scrapping 1928 |
Hambledon | 9th March 1917 | Scrapped 1922 |
Harrow | July 1918 | Scrapped 1947 |
Havant | November 1918 | Sold to Thailand, renamed Chow Phraya in August 1922 |
Heythrop | 4th June 1917 | Scrapped July 1922 |
Holderness | 9th November 1916 | Scrapped August 1924 |
Huntley | 18th January 1919 | Sunk by German aircraft 31 January 1941 |
Instow | April 1919 | Sold 1920 |
Irvine | 8th December 1917 | Sold 21st February 1923. |
Kellett | 31st May 1919 | Sold 20 March 1945 scrapped at Sunderland |
Kendal | February 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Kinross | June 1918 | Mined and sunk 16 June 1919 |
Leamington | 26th August 1918 | Scrapped 19th May 1928. |
Longford | March 1919 | Sold 1923 |
Lydd | 4th December 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Mallaig | October 1918 | Sold 1927 |
Malvern | 19th December 1919 | Sold for scrap 26th June 1928. |
Marazion | 15th April 1919 | Sold March 1933. |
Marlow | August 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Meynell | 7th February 1917 | Sold 4th November 1922. |
Mistley | October 1918 | Sold inter war years |
Monoghan | May 1919 | Sold 1920 |
Munlochy | 12th June 1918 | Sold 23rd November 1922. |
Muskerry | 28th November 1916 | Scrapped 22 January 1923 |
Nailsea | 8th August 1918 | Ordered as HMS Newquay 17th July 1917, renamed Nailsea on 25th June 1918. Sold 25th November 1927. |
Newark | 19th June 1919 | Laid down as Newlyn and renamed in 1918. Sold June 1928. |
Northolt | 21st June 1918 | Scrapped April 1928. |
Oakley | 10th January 1917 | Scrapped January 1923 |
Pangbourne | 26th March 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Penarth | 1918 | Sunk by mine post war 4 April 1919 |
Petersfield | 3rd March 1919 | Wrecked 11th November 1931. |
Pontypool | June 1918 | Sold 1922 |
Prestatyn | November 1918 | Sold 1923 |
Pytchley | 24th March 1917 | Scrapped July 1922 |
Quorn | 4th June 1917 | Sold 18th September 1922. |
Repton | 29th May 1919 | Sold 1920 renamed Rupavati |
Ross | 12th June 1919 | Sold for scrap 13 March 1947 |
Rugby | 6th September 1918 | Sold 25 November 1927 |
Salford | 3rd April 1919 | Sold privately (Vegavati) October 1920. |
Saltash | 25th July 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Saltburn | 9th October 1918 | Sold 23rd October 1946. |
Selkirk | 2nd December 1918 | Sold 17th May 1947. |
Sherborne | June 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Shrewsbury | February 1918 | Sold 1927 |
Sligo | March 1918 | Sold 1922 |
Southdown | 7th July 1917 | Scrapped December 1926 |
Stafford | February 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Stoke | 8th July 1918 | Sunk by aircraft 7 May 1941 |
Sutton | 8th May 1918 | Scrapped 1947 |
Swindon | 25th December 1918 | Sold privately (Lady Cecilia) 1st December 1921. |
Tedworth | 20th June 1917 | Sold for scrap May 1946. |
Tiverton | 24th September 1918 | Sold December 1938. |
Tonbridge | 5th November 1918 | Sold 19 May 1928 |
Tralee | 17th December 1918 | Sold 2 July 1929 |
Tring | August 1919 | Sold 1927 |
Truro | 16th April 1919 | Sold 19 May 1928 |
Wem | 12th September 1919 | Sold 22 April 1922 renamed Deshalpur |
Wexford | 10th October 1919 | Sold out of service 1921 renamed SS Doomba |
Weybourne | February 1919 | Sold 1928 |
Widnes | 28th June 1918 | Sunk by German aircraft in Suda Bay 20 May 1941 |
Yeovil | August 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Zetland | 1917 | Scrapped 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)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Cotswold | 28th November 1916 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Muskerry | 28th November 1916 | Scrapped 22 January 1923 |
Holderness | 9th November 1916 | Scrapped August 1924 |
Zetland | 1917 | Scrapped 18th January 1923. In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there |
Oakley | 10th January 1917 | Scrapped January 1923 |
Gaddesden | 30th November 1917 | Sold 4 November 1922 |
Irvine | 8th December 1917 | Sold 21st February 1923. |
Cattistock | 21st February 1917 | Scrapped 22 February 1923 |
Meynell | 7th February 1917 | Sold 4th November 1922. |
Cottesmore | 9th February 1917 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Blackmorevale | 23rd March 1917 | Sunk by mine 1st May 1918 off Montrose. |
Pytchley | 24th March 1917 | Scrapped July 1922 |
Dartmoor | 30th March 1917 | Sold for scrap 2nd November 1923. |
Belvoir | 8th March 1917 | Sold July 1922. |
Hambledon | 9th March 1917 | Scrapped 1922 |
Croome | 22nd May 1917 | Sold July 1922. |
Garth | 9th May 1917 | Sold 21st February 1923. |
Tedworth | 20th June 1917 | Sold for scrap May 1946. |
Quorn | 4th June 1917 | Sold 18th September 1922. |
Heythrop | 4th June 1917 | Scrapped July 1922 |
Bicester | 8th June 1917 | Sold for scrap 18th January 1923. |
Southdown | 7th July 1917 | Scrapped December 1926 |
Penarth | 1918 | Sunk by mine post war 4 April 1919 |
Mallaig | October 1918 | Sold 1927 |
Mistley | October 1918 | Sold inter war years |
Ford | 19th October 1918 | Sold out of service October 1928 |
Saltburn | 9th October 1918 | Sold 23rd October 1946. |
Havant | November 1918 | Sold to Thailand, renamed Chow Phraya in August 1922 |
Prestatyn | November 1918 | Sold 1923 |
Albury | 21st November 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Forres | 22nd November 1918 | Sold 26 April 1935 |
Tonbridge | 5th November 1918 | Sold 19 May 1928 |
Caerleon | December 1918 | Scrapped April 1922 |
Tralee | 17th December 1918 | Sold 2 July 1929 |
Selkirk | 2nd December 1918 | Sold 17th May 1947. |
Swindon | 25th December 1918 | Sold privately (Lady Cecilia) 1st December 1921. |
Camberley | 28th December 1918 | Sold July 1923 |
Lydd | 4th December 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Kendal | February 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Shrewsbury | February 1918 | Sold 1927 |
Stafford | February 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Gainsborough | 12th February 1918 | Sold June 1928 |
Sligo | March 1918 | Sold 1922 |
Badminton | 18th March 1918 | Sold 19th May 1928. |
Pangbourne | 26th March 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Cupar | 27th March 1918 | Sunk 5th May 1919. |
Burslem | 5th March 1918 | Sold 19th May 1928. |
Gretna | 11th April 1918 | Sold for scrapping 1928 |
Aberdare | 29th April 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Banchory | 15th May 1918 | Scrapped 18th May 1922. |
Clonmel | 15th May 1918 | Sold July 1922. |
Bagshot | 23rd May 1918 | Sold out of service 1947 |
Craigie | 29th May 1918 | Sold 18th May 1922. |
Sutton | 8th May 1918 | Scrapped 1947 |
Kinross | June 1918 | Mined and sunk 16 June 1919 |
Pontypool | June 1918 | Sold 1922 |
Sherborne | June 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Abingdon | 11th June 1918 | Beached after air attack, 5th April 1942. Broken up 1950. |
Bootle | 11th June 1918 | Sold for scrap 21st February 1923. |
Munlochy | 12th June 1918 | Sold 23rd November 1922. |
Goole | 18th June 1918 | Renamed Irwell as RNVR drillship in September 1926. Scrapped November 1962 |
Northolt | 21st June 1918 | Scrapped April 1928. |
Widnes | 28th June 1918 | Sunk by German aircraft in Suda Bay 20 May 1941 |
Fareham | 7th June 1918 | Base Ship (St Angelo II) 1944. |
Harrow | July 1918 | Scrapped 1947 |
Faversham | 19th July 1918 | Sold for breaking 25 November 1927 |
Saltash | 25th July 1918 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Stoke | 8th July 1918 | Sunk by aircraft 7 May 1941 |
Marlow | August 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Yeovil | August 1918 | Sold 1928 |
Blackburn | 13th August 1918 | Sold 17th October 1922. |
Forfar | 20th August 1918 | Sold March 1922 |
Leamington | 26th August 1918 | Scrapped 19th May 1928. |
Nailsea | 8th August 1918 | Ordered as HMS Newquay 17th July 1917, renamed Nailsea on 25th June 1918. Sold 25th November 1927. |
Derby | 9th August 1918 | Sold for scrap July 1946. |
Tiverton | 24th September 1918 | Sold December 1938. |
Dorking | 26th September 1918 | Scrapped 27th May 1928. |
Rugby | 6th September 1918 | Sold 25 November 1927 |
Alresford | 17th January 1919 | Sold 13th March 1947. |
Huntley | 18th January 1919 | Sunk by German aircraft 31 January 1941 |
Dundalk | 31st January 1919 | Mined 16 October 1940, sank 17 October 1940 under tow |
Battle | October 1919 | Cancelled and launched incomplete October 1919, scrapped March 1922 |
Wexford | 10th October 1919 | Sold out of service 1921 renamed SS Doomba |
Malvern | 19th December 1919 | Sold for scrap 26th June 1928. |
Weybourne | February 1919 | Sold 1928 |
Fermoy | 3rd February 1919 | Scrapped 30th April 1941. |
Longford | March 1919 | Sold 1923 |
Barnstaple | 20th March 1919 | Sold privately (Lady Cynthia) 1st December 1921. |
Dunoon | 21st March 1919 | Sunk 30th April 1940. |
Petersfield | 3rd March 1919 | Wrecked 11th November 1931. |
Elgin | 3rd March 1919 | Sold 20 March 1945 |
Caterham | 6th March 1919 | Sold 26th April 1935. |
Instow | April 1919 | Sold 1920 |
Marazion | 15th April 1919 | Sold March 1933. |
Truro | 16th April 1919 | Sold 19 May 1928 |
Carstairs | 18th April 1919 | Renamed Dryad 4th January 1924. Renamed Carstairs 15th August 1924. |
Salford | 3rd April 1919 | Sold privately (Vegavati) October 1920. |
Monoghan | May 1919 | Sold 1920 |
Bradfield | 14th May 1919 | Sold privately (Champavati) October 1920. |
Bury | 17th May 1919 | Sold 20th January 1923. |
Repton | 29th May 1919 | Sold 1920 renamed Rupavati |
Fairfield | 30th May 1919 | Sold out of service 3 March 1920 |
Kellett | 31st May 1919 | Sold 20 March 1945 scrapped at Sunderland |
Ross | 12th June 1919 | Sold for scrap 13 March 1947 |
Newark | 19th June 1919 | Laid down as Newlyn and renamed in 1918. Sold June 1928. |
Cheam | 2nd July 1919 | Sold out of service 18 March 1922 |
Tring | August 1919 | Sold 1927 |
Appledore | 15th August 1919 | Sold out of service 15 August 1920, renamed Kamlawti |
Bloxham | 11th September 1919 | Order cancelled October 1919, then sold incomplete for scrapping 23rd October 1923. |
Wem | 12th September 1919 | Sold 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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