Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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 and type | Hunt-class minesweeper, Aberdare sub-class |
Displacement | 710 tons |
Length | 231 ft (70 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (9 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 140 tons coal |
Complement | 73 |
Armament |
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At the time of her loss HMS Kinross' was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.
12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms. [2]
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