HMS Kinross
 Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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HMS Kinross was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Kinross was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt-class minesweepers, which are known variously as the Aberdare class or Aberdare group.
Loss
[edit]At the time of her loss HMS Kinross' was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.
Casualties
[edit]12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms.[2]
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ^ Admiralty Estimates for 1919 Archived 10 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine (appendix) accessed 25 October 2016
- ^ "Caspian Sea and other Royal Navy killed and died, Jan-June 1919".
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