Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThirty-two Ascot class paddle minesweepers were ordered for the Royal Navy in 1915 through early 1917.
The last eight ordered, in January, 1917, were of a very slightly larger design.
Overview of 32 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Ascot | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 26 Jan, 1916 | Torpedoed 10 Nov, 1918 | ||
Atherstone | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 4 Apr, 1916 | Sold 12 Aug, 1927 | ||
Chelmsford | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 16 Jun, 1916 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
Chepstow | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 29 Feb, 1916 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
Croxton | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 7 Apr, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Doncaster | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 15 Jun, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Eglinton | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 9 Sep, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1922 | ||
Epsom | George Brown & Company | 4 May, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Eridge | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 23 Feb, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Gatwick | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 18 Apr, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Kempton | Ferguson Brothers | 3 Jun, 1916 | Mined 24 Jun, 1917 | ||
Lingfield | Fleming & Ferguson | 29 Apr, 1916 | Sold May, 1923 | ||
Ludlow | Goole Shipbuilding Company | 1 May, 1916 | Mined 29 Dec, 1916 | ||
Melton | William Hamilton & Company | 16 Mar, 1916 | Sold 25 Nov, 1927 | ||
Newbury | A. & J. Inglis | 3 Jul, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Plumpton | Archibald McMillan & Son | 20 Mar, 1916 | Mined 19 Oct, 1918 | ||
Pontefract | Murdoch & Murray | 2 May, 1916 | Sold 6 Sep, 1922 | ||
Cheltenham | Ardrossan Dry Dock Company | 12 Apr, 1916 | Sold 7 Oct, 1927 | ||
Goodwood | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 15 Jun, 1916 | Sold Jul, 1922 | ||
Haldon | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 29 Mar, 1916 | Sold 14 Dec, 1921 | ||
Hurst | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 6 May, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Redcar | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company | 31 Jul, 1916 | Mined 24 Jun, 1917 | ||
Sandown | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 6 Jul, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Totnes | Archibald McMillan & Son | 17 May, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Banbury | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 19 Dec, 1917 | Sold 14 Sep, 1923 | ||
Harpenden | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | 26 Feb, 1918 | Broken up Apr, 1928 | ||
Hexham | Clyde Shipbuilding Company | 15 Dec, 1917 | Sold 14 Sep, 1923 | ||
Lanark | Fleming & Ferguson | 18 Dec, 1917 | Sold May, 1923 | ||
Lewes | Fleming & Ferguson | 12 Mar, 1918 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Shincliffe | Dundee Shipbuilding Company | 29 Jan, 1918 | Sold Mar, 1922 | ||
Shirley | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 28 Sep, 1917 | Sold 8 Apr, 1919 | ||
Wetherby | Murdoch & Murray | 2 Mar, 1918 | Sold 10 Jun, 1924 |
Design & Construction
They were inspired by the hired paddle sweepers that had performed well early in the war to Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's successful design for Glen Usk.[1]
Armament
- two 6-pdr guns
- two 2-pdr guns
Service
Pendant Numbers
When they served in the Auxiliary Patrol, all were given pendant numbers that were the Fishing pendant superior with their Admiralty number inferior. When they later joined the Mine Clearance Service, they used a T flag superior with either their Admiralty number inferior or they employed the pendant number specified.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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1915 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ascot | Atherstone | Chelmsford | Chepstow | Croxton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doncaster | Eglinton | Epsom | Eridge | Gatwick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kempton | Lingfield | Ludlow | Melton | Newbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plumpton | Pontefract | Cheltenham | Goodwood | Haldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hurst | Redcar | Sandown | Totnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enlarged, 1917 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banbury | Harpenden | Hexham | Lanark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewes | Shincliffe | Shirley | Wetherby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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