Kempton 1916
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ascot | Ailsa, Troon | 1915 | 26/1/1916 | 4/1916 | sunk 10/11/1918 | |
| Atherstone | Ailsa, Troon | 1915 | 4/4//1916 | 6/1916 | sold 8/1927, 1939 - 1945 - Auxiliary AA vessel Queen of Kent | |
| Chelmsford | Ailsa, Troon | 1915 | 14/6/1916 | 8/1916 | sold 11/1927 | |
| Cheltenham | Ardrossan SB | 1915 | 12/4/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 10/1927 | |
| Chepstow | Ayrshire, Irvine | 1915 | 29/2/1916 | 6/1916 | sold 11/1927 | |
| Croxton | Ayrshire, Irvine | 1915 | 17/4/1916 | 6/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Doncaster | Ayrshire, Irvine | 1915 | 15/6/1916 | 8/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Eglinton | Ayrshire, Irvine | 1915 | 9/9/1916 | 10/1916 | sold 7/1922 | |
| Epsom | George Brown, Greenock | 1915 | 4/5/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Eridge | Clyde SB, Glasgow | 1915 | 23/2/1916 | 4/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Gatwick | Dundee SB | 1915 | 18/4/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Goodwood | Dundee SB | 1915 | 15/6/1916 | 10/1916 | sold 6/1922 | |
| Haldon | Dunlop Bremner, Glasgow | 1915 | 29/3/1916 | 6/1916 | BU 12/1921 | |
| Hurst | Dunlop Bremner, Glasgow | 1915 | 6/5/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Kempton | Ferguson, Glasgow | 1915 | 3/6/1916 | 7/1916 | sunk 24/6/1917 | |
| Lingfield | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley | 1915 | 29/4/1916 | 4 - 12/1916 | sold 5/1923 | |
| Ludlow | Goole SB | 1915 | 1/5/1916 | 9/1916 | sunk 29/12/1916 | |
| Melton | Hamilton, Glasgow | 1915 | 16/3/1916 | 4 - 12/1916 | sold 8/1927, 1939 - 1945 - Auxiliary AA vessel Queen of Thanet | |
| Newbury | Inglis, Glasgow | 1915 | 3/7/1916 | 9/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Plumpton | McMillan, Dumbarton | 1915 | 20/3/1916 | 6/1916 | CTL 19/10/1918 | |
| Pontefract | Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow | 1915 | 2/5/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 9/1922 | |
| Redcar | Ayrshire, Irvine | 1915 | 31/7/1916 | 12/1916 | sunk 24/6/1917 | |
| Sandown | Dunlop Bremner, Glasgow | 1915 | 6/7/1916 | 9/1916 | sold 3/1922 | |
| Totnes | McMillan, Dumbarton | 1915 | 17/5/1916 | 7/1916 | sold 3/1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
810 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
74.9 |
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Breadth, m |
17.7 max 8.80 oa |
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Draught, m |
2.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 paddle wheels |
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Machinery |
1 DC, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1500 |
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Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 156 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, sweeps Eridge, Melton: 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, sweeps, aircraft flying-off platform |
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Complement |
50 |
Ship project history: These ships were designed on the basis of a coastal paddle steamer Glenn Usk. First 24 have become operational in 1916. Minesweepers had good manoeuvrability. As designed, all ships should carry 2 seaplanes, but actually on one of them the aircraft did not take places.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: 5 units were lost: Ascot 10/11/1918 was torpedoed by German submarine UB67, remaining were mined: Ludlow 29/12/1916, Plumpton 19/10/1918 was beached after being mined and broken up in situ, Kempton and Redcar 24/6/1917. After war most part was broken up or converted to merchant vessels. Atherstone and Melton were sold mercantile and renamed but returned to RN in 1939.
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