![]() Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919 | |
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Name | Kinross |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Yard number | 576 |
Launched | 4 July 1918 |
Out of service | 16 June 1919 |
Fate | Sunk by mine 16 June 1919 in the Aegean Sea [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Hunt-class minesweeper, Aberdare sub-class |
Displacement | 800 long tons (813 t) |
Length | 213 ft (64.9 m) o/a |
Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 74 |
Armament |
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HMS Kinross was a Hunt-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Completed in 1918, the ship was sunk after striking a mine the following year.
The Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced 750 long tons (760 t ) at normal load [2] and 930 long tons (940 t) at full load. [3] They measured 231 feet (70.4 m) long overall with a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and a draught of 7 feet 6 inches (2.3 m). The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and ratings. [2]
The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,200 indicated horsepower (1,600 kW ) and gave a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). They carried a maximum of 185 long tons (188 t) of coal [2] which gave them a range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). [4]
The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) four-inch (102 mm) gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (3-inch (76.2 mm)) anti-aircraft gun aft. [2] Some ships were fitted with QF six-pounder (2.2-inch (57 mm)) Hotchkiss guns or QF three-pounder (1.5-inch (37 mm)) Hotchkiss guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder. [4]
Kinross, the first ship of her name in the Royal Navy, was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at their shipyard in Govan, Scotland. The ship was launched on 4 July 1918. She struck a mine in the Aegean Sea and sank on 16 June 1919. [5]