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{{Short description|1917 class of British minesweepers}}
{{For|other ship classes|Hunt class (disambiguation){{!}}Hunt class}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
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| Ship image = HMS Belvoir (1917) IWM SP 109.jpg
| Ship caption = HMS ''Belvoir'' {{Circa|1917–1918}}
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{{Infobox ship class overview
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| Cost = 
| Built range = 1916&ndash;1919
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| In commission range = 1917&ndash;1952
| Total ships building = 
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| Total ships completed = 88
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| Total ships lost = 4
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption = (1939)
| Ship type = [[Minesweeper (ship)|Minesweeper]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|710|LT|t|0}}
| Ship length = {{convert|231|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = *{{convert|28|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (''Belvoir'' group)
*{{convert|28|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (''Aberdare'' group)
| Ship draught = {{convert|8|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *2 shafts
*2 [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|Vertical triple-expansion steam engines]]
*2 [[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow]] [[water-tube boiler]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|1500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on|-1}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
| Ship complement = 74
| Ship power = {{convert|1800|ihp|lk=in|abbr=on|-1}} (''Belvoir'' group) ''or'' {{convert|2200|ihp|abbr=on|-1}} (''Aberdare'' group)
| Ship armament = *1 × [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} gun forward
*1 × [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun|QF 12 pounder]] aft
*2 × .303 inch [[machine gun]]s
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}
The '''Hunt-class minesweeper''' was a [[ship class|class]] of [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping sloop]] built between 1916 and 1919 for the [[Royal Navy]]. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier '''''Belvoir'' group''' designed by the [[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]] and the subsequent (and slightly larger) '''''Aberdare'' group''' designed by the Admiralty. They were classed as Fleet Minesweeping Sloops, that is ships intended to clear open water. The ''Belvoir'' group were named after British [[fox hunting|fox hunts]]. Those of the ''Aberdare'' group were originally named after coastal towns, watering places and fishing ports, some of which happened to be hunts by coincidence. However, all were soon renamed after inland locations to prevent confusion caused by the misunderstanding of signals and orders.

==Design==
These ships had twin screws and had forced-draught coal burning [[boilers]]; that is they burned pulverised coal{{citation needed|date=February 2024|reason=Highly unlikely pulverized coal was used - that's almost entirely an electric powerplant thing, and uncommon there before the 1940s}} in an artificially augmented airstream. One consequence of this was that they produced a lot of smoke, so much so that they were more usually referred to as ''Smokey Joes''. Another was that if they were fed anything other than the [[anthracite|Welsh Steam Coal]] they were designed for then the fuel consumption was enormous—one ship was bunkered with [[brown coal|soft brown Natal coal]] and burnt 20 tons in a single day.

They had a shallow draught ({{convert|8|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}). Armament was one [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}} gun forward and a [[12-pounder gun|QF 12 pounder]] aft, plus two twin 0.303 inch machine guns. Their counter-mine equipment consisted of [[Oropesa (minesweeping)|Oropesa floats]] to cut the cables of [[naval mine|moored mines]].

==Service==
Six ships were completed as survey vessels, and the majority of the ''Aberdare'' group arrived too late to see service during the First World War. Thirty-five were cancelled after the armistice. Interwar, eight were sold out of service, one was sold to [[Siam]], one was converted to an [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve|RNVR]] drillship and 52 were scrapped. The majority of the remainder spent the period from 1919 to 1939 in reserve around the world, with Malta and Singapore having most of them, so that on the outbreak of [[World War II]] there were still 27 available for service, to which a further two were added by requisition from mercantile service.

The 5th Minesweeping Flotilla, comprising ''Pangourne'', ''Ross'', ''Lydd'', ''Kellet'' and ''Albury'' as well as the newer [[Halcyon class minesweeper|''Halcyon''-class]] ''Gossamer'' and ''Leda'' sailed from [[North Shields]] for [[Harwich]] late on 26 May 1940, reaching Harwich nearly 24 hours later.  After coaling, the flotilla sailed for [[Battle of Dunkirk|Dunkirk]] in the afternoon of 28 May, and was off the beach by about 21:30 hours the same day.  At least two ships from the Flotilla (''Ross'' and ''Lydd'') were detailed to collect troops from the harbour mole.  ''Ross'' alone took on board 353 men and one dog on this first night.  The ships of the flotilla made a further three trips to Dunkirk in the following days, working at battle-stations virtually round the clock and returning to [[Margate]] for the last time from Dunkirk on Saturday, 1 June 1940. ''Sutton'' was also present at Dunkirk.

Five ships were lost during the war, and a further vessel, ''Widnes'' was beached in [[Suda Bay]], [[Crete]] in May 1941 after being bombed by [[Nazi Germany|German]] aircraft. The Germans recovered and repaired the hull, pressing her into service as ''12.V4''. In October 1943, now known as ''Uj.2109'', she was sunk by the destroyers {{HMS|Eclipse|H08|6}}, {{HMS|Faulknor|H62|6}} and the {{ship|Greek destroyer|Vasilissa Olga|D15|6}}.

==Ships==
The first group of twenty ships were ordered in 1916 and were part of the ''Belvoir'' group.  One hundred and twenty-nine further ships were ordered to this Admiralty design between 1916 and November 1918 as the ''Aberdare'' group.  Six of this group were completed as survey ships, while thirty-four of them were cancelled at the end of World War I.  Among the cancelled ships, ''Battle'' and ''Bloxham'' had already been launched.  Two more were projected to be ordered from Fleming & Ferguson, but these two were never actually ordered.

Many ships were originally assigned different names which were changed while building to avoid use of coastal locations as ship names.

=== Original Royal Navy service ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Pennant
! Builder
! Laid down
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Disposed
! Status
! Ref
|-
! colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| ''Belvoir'' group (20 ships ordered in 1916)
|-
|{{HMS|Belvoir|1917|2}}
|
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|
|{{date table sorting|8 March 1917}}
|
|{{Date table sorting|July 1922}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bichester|1917|2}}
|
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|
|{{date table sorting|8 June 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|8 January 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Blackmorevale|1917|2}}
|
|Ardrossan Dry Dock, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|23 March 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1 May 1918}}
|Sunk by a mine off [[Montrose, Angus]]
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Cattistock|1917|2}}
|
|Clyde Shipbuilding Company, [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|21 February 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|22 February 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Cotswold|1916|2}}
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|28 November 1916}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 January 1923}}
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Cottesmore|1917|2}}
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|9 February 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 January 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Croome|1917|2}}
|
|Clyde Shipbuilding Company, [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|22 May 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1922}}
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Dartmoor|1917|2}}
|
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|30 March 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|21 February 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Garth|1917|2}}
|
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|9 May 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|21 February 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Hambledon|1917|2}}
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|9 March 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1922}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Heythrop|1917|2}}
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|4 June 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1922}}
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Holderness|1916|2}}
|
|D. & W. Henderson and Company, [[Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|9 November 1916}}
|
|{{date table sorting|August 1924}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Meynell|1917|2}}
|
|D. & W. Henderson and Company, [[Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|7 February 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|4 November 1922}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Muskerry|1916|2}}
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|28 November 1916}}
|
|{{date table sorting|22 January 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Oakley|1917|2}}
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|10 January 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 January 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Pytchley|1917|2}}
|
|[[Napier and Miller]], [[Old Kilpatrick]]
|
|{{date table sorting|24 March 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1922}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Quorn|1917|2}}
|
|[[Napier and Miller]], [[Old Kilpatrick]]
|
|{{date table sorting|4 June 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 September 1922}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Southdown|1917|2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, Renfrew
|
|{{date table sorting|7 July 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Tedworth|1917|2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|20 June 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|November 1946}}
|Became a diving tender in August 1923; Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Zetland|1917|2}}
|
|Murdoch and Murray, [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 January 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
! colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| ''Aberdare'' group (129 ships ordered between 1916 and 1918)
|-
|{{HMS|Aberdare||2}}
|
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|{{date table sorting|1 January 1917}}
|{{date table sorting|29 April 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|3 October 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|13 March 1947}}
|Sold for mercantile use
|<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6514.html uboat.net HMS Aberdare]</ref>
|-
|{{HMS|Abingdon||2}}
|J23 / N23
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|{{date table sorting|30 November 1917}}
|{{date table sorting|11 June 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|6 November 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|5 April 1942}}
|Beached after bombing; broken up
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Albury||2}}
|J41
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|
|{{date table sorting|21 November 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|17 February 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|13 March 1947}}
|Sold for mercantile use
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|title=HMS Albury (J 41): Minesweeper of the Hunt Class|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6513.html|publisher= uboat.net|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{HMS|Alresford||2}}
|J06 / N06
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|
|{{date table sorting|17 January 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|25 May 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|13 March 1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Appledore|1919|2}}
|
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Troon]]
|
|{{date table sorting|15 August 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|15 August 1920}}
|Sold for civilian use as ''Kamlawti''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Badminton|1918|2}}
|
|Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|18 March 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|19 May 1928}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bagshot||2}}
|J57 / N57
|Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|23 May 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|1 May 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|1 April 1942}}
|Converted to depot ship ''Medway II''; sold 1947
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Banchory||2}}
|
|Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company, [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|
|{{date table sorting|15 May 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 May 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Barnstaple||2}}
|
|Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|20 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1 December 1921}}
|Sold for mercantile use as ''Lady Cynthia''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Battle||2}}
|
|Dundee Shipbuilding Company, [[Dundee]]
|
|{{date table sorting|October 1919}}
|Not taken up
|{{date table sorting|March 1922}}
|Sold incomplete
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Blackburn|1918|2}} (ex-''Burnham'')
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|13 August 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|17 October 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bloxham||2}} (ex-''Brixham'')
|
|Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company, [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|
|{{date table sorting|11 September 1919}}
|Not taken up
|{{date table sorting|23 October 1923}}
|Sold incomplete
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bootle|1918|2}} (ex-''Buckie'')
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|11 June 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|21 February 1923}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bradfield||2}}
|
|Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company, [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|
|{{date table sorting|14 May 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|October 1920}}
|Sold for use as ''Champavati''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Burslem||2}} (ex-''Blakeney'')
|
|Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company, [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|
|{{date table sorting|5 March 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|19 May 1928}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Bury||2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|17 May 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|20 January 1923}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Caerleon||2}}
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|6 December 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|April 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Camberley||2}}
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|28 December 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1923}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Carstairs||2}} (ex-''Cawsand'', ''Dryad'')
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|19 April 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|26 April 1935}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Caterham||2}}
|
|[[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|6 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|26 April 1935}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Cheam||2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|2 July 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 March 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Clonmel||2}} (ex-''Stranraer'')
|
|William Simons and Company
|
|{{date table sorting|14 May 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Craigie||2}}
|
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|29 May 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 May 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Cupar||2}} (ex-''Rosslare'')
|
|A. McMillan & Son, [[Dumbarton]]
|
|{{date table sorting|27 march 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|5 May 1919}}
|Sunk by mine
|<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyEstimates1919.htm Admiralty Estimates for 1919] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110024834/http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyEstimates1919.htm |date=10 November 2016 }} (appendix) accessed 25 October 2016</ref>
|-
|{{HMS|Derby||2}} (ex-''Dawlish'')
|J90 / N90
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|9 August 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|4 July 1945}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Dorking||2}}
|
|
|
|{{date table sorting|25 September 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|26 April 1928}}
|Broken up
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Dundalk|J60|2}}
|J60
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|31 January 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|17 October 1940}}
|Foundered under tow after mined
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Dunoon|J52|2}}
|J52
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|21 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|30 April 1940}}
|Sunk by mine
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Elgin|J39|2}}
|J39
|William Simons & Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|3 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|20 March 1945}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Fairfield|1919|2}}
|
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|30 May 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|3 March 1920}}
|Sold for civilian use in Brazil
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Fareham|J89|2}}
|J89 / N89
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|7 June 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|24 August 1948}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Fermoy|J40|2}}
|J40 / N40
|Dundee Shipbuilding Company
|
|{{date table sorting|3 February 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|July 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|30 April 1941}}
|Damaged beyond repair by air attack; broken up
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Faversham|1918|2}}
|
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|19 July 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|25 November 1927}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Ford||2}} (ex-''Fleetwood'')
|
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|19 October 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|October 1928}}
|Sold and renamed ''Forde''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Forfar|1918|2}}
|
|Dundee Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|20 August 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Forres||2}} (ex-''Fowey'')
|
|Clyde Shipbuilding
|
|{{date table sorting|22 November 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|26 April 1935}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Gaddesden||2}}
|
|
|
|{{date table sorting|30 November 1917}}
|
|{{date table sorting|4 November 1922}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Gainsborough|1918|2}} (ex-''Gorleston'')
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|12 February 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1928}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Goole||2}} (ex-''Bridlington'')
|
|Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company, [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|
|{{date table sorting|12 August 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|April 1926}}
|{{date table sorting|27 November 1962}}
|Broken up
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Gretna|1918|2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|11 April 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|3 October 1928}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Harrow||2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|July 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Havant|1919|2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|24 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1922}}
|Sold to [[Royal Thai Navy]] as ''Chao Phraya''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Huntley||2}} (ex-''Helmsdale'')
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|January 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|31 January 1941}}
|Sunk by German aircraft off [[Mersa Matruh]]
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Instow||2}} (ex-''Ilfracombe'')
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|April 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Irvine||2}}
|
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Govan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|December 1917}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Kendal||2}}
|
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Govan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|February 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Kinross||2}}
|
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Govan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|4 July 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|18 June 1919}}
|Sunk by mine
|<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyEstimates1919.htm Admiralty Estimates for 1919] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110024834/http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyEstimates1919.htm |date=10 November 2016 }} (appendix) accessed 25 October 2016</ref>
|-
|{{HMS|Leamington|1918|2}} (ex-''Aldborough'')
|
|Ardrossan Dry Dock, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|26 August 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|19 May 1928}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Longford||2}} (ex-''Minehead'')
|
|John Harkness and Sons, [[Middlesbrough]]
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Lydd||2}} (ex-''Lydney'')
|
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Govan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|December 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Mallaig||2}}
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|October 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Malvern||2}}
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|February 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Marazion||2}}
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|15 April 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1933}}
|Sold in [[Hong Kong]]
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Marlow||2}}
|
|Harkness
|
|{{date table sorting|August 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Mistley||2}} (ex-''Maryport'')
|
|Harkness
|
|{{date table sorting|October 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Monaghan||2}} (ex-''Mullion'')
|
|Harkness
|
|{{date table sorting|May 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Munlochy||2}} (ex-''Macduff'')
|
|[[Fleming & Ferguson]], [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Nailsea||2}}
|
|A and J Inglis, [[Pointhouse]]
|
|{{date table sorting|August 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Newark|1919|2}} (ex-''Newlyn'')
|
|Inglis
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Northolt||2}}
|
|Joseph R. Eltringham, [[South Shields]]
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Pangbourne||2}} (ex-''Padstow'')
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Penarth||2}}
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|Lost
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Petersfield||2}} (ex-''Portmadoc'')
|T8 / T21
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|3 March 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|11 November 1931}}
|Wrecked
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Pontypool||2}} (ex-''Polperro'')
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Prestatyn||2}} (ex-''Porlock'')
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|November 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Repton||2}} (ex-''Wicklow'')
|
|Inglis
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Ross|J45|2}} (ex-''Ramsey'')
|J45
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|12 June 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|13 March 1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Rugby||2}} (ex-''Filey'')
|
|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|September 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|25 November 1927}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Salford||2}} (ex-''Shoreham'')
|
|Murdoch and Murray, [[Port Glasgow]]
|
|{{date table sorting|April 1919}}
|
|
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Saltash|J62|2}}
|
|Murdoch and Murray, [[Port Glasgow]]
|{{date table sorting|5 September 1917}}
|{{date table sorting|25 June 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|January 1945}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Saltburn||2}}
|
|Murdoch and Murray, [[Port Glasgow]]
|{{date table sorting|29 January 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|9 October 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|31 December 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|16 November 1946}}
|Sold for scrap and wrecked
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Selkirk|J18|2}}
|J18
|Murdoch and Murray, [[Port Glasgow]]
|{{date table sorting|5 March 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|2 December 1918}}
|{{date table sorting|17 March 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|17 May 1947}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Sherborne||2}} (ex-''Tarbert'')
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Shrewsbury|1918|2}}
|
|Napier and Miller
|
|{{date table sorting|February 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Sligo||2}}
|
|Napier and Miller
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Stafford||2}} (ex-''Staithes'')
|
|Charles Rennoldson, South Shields
|
|{{date table sorting|February 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Stoke||2}} (ex-''Southwold'')
|
|Charles Rennoldson, South Shields
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|7 May 1941}}
|Sunk by German aircraft off Tobruk
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Sutton||2}} (ex-''Salcombe'')
|
|Archibald McMillan and Son, Dumbarton
|
|{{date table sorting|March 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1947}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Swindon||2}}
|
|Ardrossan Dry Dock, [[Ardrossan]]
|
|{{date table sorting|25 December 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1 December 1921}}
|Sold for civilian use as ''Lady Cecille''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Tiverton||2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|September 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Tonbridge|1918|2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|November 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|19 May 1928}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Tralee||2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|17 December 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|2 July 1929}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Tring||2}} (ex-''Teignmouth'')
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|August 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Truro|1919|2}}
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|April 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|19 May 1928}}
|Sold
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Wem||2}} (ex-''Walmer'')
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|12 September 1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|22 April 1922}}
|Sold for civilian use as ''Deshalpur''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|[[HMAS Doomba|''Wexford'']]
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|10 October 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|{{date table sorting|1921}}
|Sold for mercatile use as ''Doomba''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Weybourne||2}}
|
|Inglis
|
|{{date table sorting|February 1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Widnes||2}} (ex-''Withernsea'')
|
|Napier and Miller
|
|{{date table sorting|June 1918}}
|
|{{date table sorting|May 1941}}
|Bombed by German aircraft in [[Suda Bay]], beached, captured as ''Uj.2109''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Yeovil||2}}
|
|Napier and Miller
|
|{{date table sorting|August 1918}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
! colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| ''Aberdare'' group completed as survey ships
|-
|{{HMS|Beaufort|1919|2}} (ex-''Ambleside'')
|
|
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Collinson||2}} (ex-''Amersham'')
|
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|Inter-war
|
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Crozier||2}} (ex-''Verwood'', ex-''Ventnor'')
|
|William Simons and Company, [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|1 July 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|1 July 1919}}
|{{date table sorting|28 November 1921}}
|Transferred to [[South Africa]] as HMSAS ''Protea''
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Fitzroy|J03|2}} (ex-''Pinner'', ex-''Portreath'')
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|27 May 1942}}
|Sunk by mine off Great Yarmouth 
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Flinders||2}} (ex-''Radley'')
|
|[[Lobnitz and Company]], [[Renfrew]]
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1945}}
|Converted to accommodation ship 1940; Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
|{{HMS|Kellet||2}} (ex-''Uppingham'')
|
|
|
|{{date table sorting|1919}}
|
|{{date table sorting|1945}}
|Sold for scrap
|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|}

=== Follow-on service ===
Several examples passed on from [[Royal Navy]] service for use by other civil and military operators.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Previous name
! Operator
! In service
! Disposed
! Status
! Ref
|-
| ''Champavati''
| ex-{{HMS|Bradfield||2}}
| 
| {{date table sorting|October 1920}}
| 
| 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Chao Phraya''
| ex-{{HMS|Havant|1919|2}}
| [[Royal Thai Navy]]
| {{date table sorting|1922}}
| 
| 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Deshalpur''
| ex-{{HMS|Wem||2}}
| The Cutch SN Company
| {{date table sorting|22 April 1922}}
| {{date table sorting|1927}}
| Scrapped
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| {{HMAS|Doomba||2}}
| ex-''Wexford''
| [[Royal Australian Navy]]
| {{date table sorting|25 September 1939}}
| {{date table sorting|13 March 1946}}
| Converted to an oil lighter; scuttled
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Doomba''
| ex-''Wexford''
| Doomba Shipping Company
| {{date table sorting|1921}}
| {{date table sorting|4 September 1939}}
| Requisitioned by the [[Royal Australian Navy]]
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Forde''
| ex-{{HMS|Ford|1918|2}}
| Townsend Brothers
| {{date table sorting|8 December 1928}}
| {{date table sorting|1 May 1954}}
| Scrapped
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Kamlawti''
| ex-{{HMS|Appledore|1919|2}}
| Civilian
| {{date table sorting|15 August 1920}}
| 
| 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Lady Cecile''
| ex-{{HMS|Swindon||2}}
| Union Steamship Company, [[British Columbia]]
| {{date table sorting|1 December 1921}}
| {{date table sorting|1951}}
| Scrapped
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Lady Cynthia''
| ex-{{HMS|Barnstaple||2}}
| Merchant
| {{date table sorting|1 December 1921}}
| 
| 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Lieutenant Captain Remigio Verdia''
| ex-''Queen of the Bay''
| [[Spanish Republican Navy]]
| {{date table sorting|1938}}
| {{date table sorting|1939}}
| Grounded, captured by Spanish Nationalist forces as 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Medway II''
| ex-{{HMS|Bagshot||2}}
| Depot ship
| {{date table sorting|1 April 1942}}
| {{date table sorting|1947}}
| Sold
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| {{HMS|Protea||2}}
| ex-''Crozier''
| [[Royal Navy]]
| {{date table sorting|30 April 1933}}
| {{date table sorting|1935}}
| Sold for merchant service as ''Queen of the Bay''
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| {{HMSAS|Protea|1922|2}}
| ex-''Crozier''
| [[South African Naval Service]]
| {{date table sorting|1 April 1922}}
| {{date table sorting|30 April 1933}}
| Returned to [[Royal Navy]] as HMS ''Protea''
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| {{SS|Queen of the Bay||2}}
| ex-''Protea''
| Blackpool Steam Navigation Company
| {{date table sorting|1935}}
| {{date table sorting|1938}}
| Sold to [[Spanish Republican Navy]] as ''Lieutenant Captain Remigio Verdia''
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Uj.2109''
| ex-{{HMS|Widnes||2}}
| [[Kriegsmarine]]
| {{date table sorting|May 1941}}
| {{date table sorting|17 October 1943}}
| Sunk by destroyers
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|-
| ''Virgen de la Caridad''
| ex-''Lieutenant Captain Remigio Verdia''
| Spanish Nationalist forces
| {{date table sorting|1945}}
| {{date table sorting|1960}}
| 
| {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
|}

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', H T Lenton, 1998, Greenhill Books, {{ISBN|1-85367-277-7}} 
* ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', Janes Publishing, 1919
* ''The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922'', D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999, {{ISBN|1-86176-099-X}}
* ''Out Sweeps! The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II'' Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam, W Foulsham & Co, 1978, {{ISBN|0-572-01011-7}}
{{refend}}

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