Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
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Jump to navigationJump to searchAilsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company located at Ayrshire.
History
Founded in 1885, the yard would build minesweepers for the Royal Navy in the Great War.
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
H.M.S. Aphis | gunboat | 15 Sep, 1915 | Sold 1947 |
H.M.S. Bee | gunboat | 8 Dec, 1915 | Sold 1939 |
H.M.S. Cricket | gunboat | 16 Dec, 1915 | Mined Jun, 1941 |
H.M.S. Ascot | paddle minesweeper | 26 Jan, 1916 | Torpedoed 10 Nov, 1918 |
H.M.S. Atherstone | paddle minesweeper | 4 Apr, 1916 | Sold 12 Aug, 1927 |
H.M.S. Chelmsford | paddle minesweeper | 16 Jun, 1916 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 |
H.M.S. Belvoir | minesweeper | 8 Mar, 1917 | Sold 1922 |
H.M.S. Bicester | minesweeper | 8 Jun, 1917 | Sold early 1923 |
H.M.S. Banbury | paddle minesweeper | 19 Dec, 1917 | Sold 14 Sep, 1923 |
H.M.S. Harpenden | paddle minesweeper | 26 Feb, 1918 | Broken up Apr, 1928 |
H.M.S. Aberdare | minesweeper | 29 Apr, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Abingdon | minesweeper | 11 Jun, 1918 | Bombed 5 Apr, 1942 |
H.M.S. Leamington | minesweeper | 26 Aug, 1918 | Sold 19 May, 1928 |
H.M.S. Albury | minesweeper | 21 Nov, 1918 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Alresford | minesweeper | 17 Jan, 1919 | Sold 13 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Beaufort | minesweeper | 21 Feb, 1919 | Sold 30 Jun, 1938 |
H.M.S. Collinson | minesweeper | 30 Apr, 1919 | Sold 25 Oct, 1922 |
H.M.S. Appledore | minesweeper | 15 Aug, 1919 | Sold 16 Oct, 1920 |
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