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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

Admiralty-type drifters, steel hull

wooden-hull drifter Blue Sky 1918

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Billow   Webster & Bickerton, Goole   7/1918 9/1918 for disposal 1935
Blare   Brooke, Lowestoft   1918 ---// 4/1919 completed mercantile
Blizzard   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 7/1918 sold 1919
Blue Haze   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 6/1919 completed mercantile
Blush   Brooke, Lowestoft   --- --- cancelled 1919
Bluster   Brooke, Lowestoft   --- --- cancelled 1919
Bora   Rose St. Foundry   --- --- cancelled 1919
Bow Wave   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 7/1919 completed mercantile
Breaker   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 9/1919 completed mercantile
Brine   Ouse, Hook   15/7/1918 7/1918 sold 7/1920
Broil   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 10/1919 completed mercantile
Bubble   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 10/1919 completed mercantile
Calm   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   9/5/1918 6/1918 sold 8/1920
Cascade   Ouse, Hook   3/7/1918 6/1918 sold 1945
Catspaw   Ouse, Hook   6/8/1918 8/1918 foundered 31/12/1919
Chimera   G. Brown, Greenock   1919 ---// 7/1920 completed mercantile
Clearing   Ailsa, Troon   28/8/1919 11/1919 sold 3/1921
Cloud   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   11/4/1918 5/1918 sold 1946
Cloudbank   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Cloudburst   G. Brown, Greenock   --- --- cancelled 1919
Coldblast   Ailsa, Troon   19/11/1919 12/1919 sold 3/1921
Coldsnap   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   28/1/1918 3/1918 sold 1945
Confragnation   Watson   1919 9/1919 sold 9/1920
Crescent Moon   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   27/5/1918 6/1918 sold 1946
Crosstide   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Current   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 12/1919 sold 8/1920
Cyclone, 1919 - Bluster   Watson   1919 10/1919 sold 8/1921
Dark Night   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Dawn, 1919 - Expanse   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   11/6/1918 6/1918 sold 1920
Daybreak   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   9/7/1918 8/1918 sold 1920
Dayspring (non-standard)   Fellows, Great Yarmouth   1917 12/1917 sold 1920
Dew   Ouse, Hook   1918 9/1918 sold 1921
Distance   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Downpour   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Drizzle   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile
Drought   Ailsa, Troon   --- --- cancelled 1919
Dusk   Duthie Torry, Aberdeen   9/8/1918 9/1918 sold 1920
Ebbtide   Chambers, Oulton Broad   --- --- cancelled 1919
Eddy   Hall, Aberdeen   6/8/1918 8/1918 sunk 16/5/1942
Elephanta (non-standard)   Fellows, Great Yarmouth   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Eventide   Chambers, Oulton Broad   --- --- cancelled 1919
Expanse   Ailsa, Troon   --- --- cancelled 1919
Fair Wind   Hall, Aberdeen   6/8/1918 8/1918 sold 1921
Falling Sea   Chambers, Oulton Broad   --- --- cancelled 1919
Falling Star   Hall, Aberdeen   20/8/1918 9/1918 sold 1919
Flaff   Watson   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Flash   Colby, Lowestoft   16/2/1918 6/1918 sold 11/1920
Flicker   Hall, Aberdeen   21/8/1918 9/1918 sold 1935
Flow   Watson   1920 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile, examination service 9/1939 - 3/1946
Foam   Abdela & Mitchell, Queensferry   1919 10/1920 sold 1921
Fogbreak   Abdela & Mitchell, Queensferry   1920 ---// 12/1920 completed mercantile
Fork Lightning   Brooke, Lowestoft   1918 11/1918 sold 8/1920
Freshet   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Froth   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Fume   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 6/1919 sold 1920
Galaxy   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 4/1919 completed mercantile
Gale   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 6/1919 completed mercantile
Glare   Forbes   --- --- cancelled 1919
Glitter   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 11/1918 base ship Raleigh 1939
Gloss   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 8/1919 completed mercantile
Glow   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 11/1918 sold 1919, minesweeper 12/1939 - 11/1945
Green Sea   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 4/1920 completed mercantile
Grey Sea   Brooke, Lowestoft   1918 1/1919 sold 1919
Ground Swell   Ouse, Hook   17/5/1919 ---// 4/1920 completed mercantile
Gulf Stream   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 9/1919 sold 1921
Gust   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 12/1918 sold 1920
Halo   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 5/1918 sold 1946
Harmattan   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 4/1918 sold 1949
High Tide   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 10/1919 sold 1921, examination vessel 91940, foundered 30/3/1945
Horizon   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 3/1918 sold 1945
Iceberg   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 7/1918 sold 1921
Icefield   Ouse, Hook   5/4/1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile
Icefloe   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 6/1918 sold 1919
Icepack   Hall, Aberdeen   12/6/1918 7/1918 sold 1922
Icicle   Hall, Aberdeen   25/6/1918 7/1918 sold 1920
Indian Summer   Lewes   1918 2/1918 torpedo recovery vessel 1942
Landbreeze   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile
Landfall   Lewis, Aberdeen   15/6/1918 7/1918 sold 1946
Lasher   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile, examination service 8/1939 - 1942
Leefield   Ouse, Hook   --- --- cancelled 1919
Leeward   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 2/1918 sold 1947
Leeway   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 1918 sold 1922
Levanter   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 12/1918 sold 1926
Low Tide   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 12/1919 completed mercantile
Lull   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 4/1918 sold circa 1923
Lunar Bow   Lewis, Aberdeen   15/6/1918 7/1918 sold 1945
Melody   Thompson, North Sands   1920 ---// 2/1921 completed mercantile
Mirage   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 12/1918 sold 1921
Mist   Lewis, Aberdeen   21/11/1918 12/1918 to War Dept. 1943
Moonbeam   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 9/1918 sold circa 1923
Moonset   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile
Moonshine   Lewis, Aberdeen   4/9/1918 9/1918 sold circa 1924
Morn   Thompson, North Sands   1920 ---// 3/1921 completed mercantile
Murk   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 11/1918 sold 1920
Neaptide   Ouse, Hook   1919 ---// 8/1920 completed mercantile
Nebula   Rose St. Foundry   1918 11/1918 sold 1921
New Moon   Rose St. Foundry   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Node   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Noontide   Colby, Lowestoft   11/6/1918 9/1918 target towing 1944
Northern Lights   Rose St. Foundry   1919 ---// 4/1919 completed mercantile
Ocean Swell   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 --- // 1920 completed mercantile, netlayer 10/1939 - 8/1945
Outline   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 --- // 1920 completed mercantile
Overfall   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10/1918 sold circa 1923, minesweeper 11/1939 - 1943
Ozone   Rose St. Foundry   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Pampero   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 11/1919 completed mercantile
Phosphorus   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 ---// 2/1919 completed mercantile
Puff   Brooke, Lowestoft   1920 --- // 1920 completed mercantile
Quicksand   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 3/1919 sold 1921
Radiation   Ouse, Hook   1920 ---// 11/1920 completed mercantile
Rainband   Ouse, Hook   17/6/1919 ---// 9/1920 completed mercantile
Reflection   Banff   --- --- cancelled 1919
Sandstorm   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 5/1918 sold 1921
Scintilla   Ouse, Hook   1920 ---// 11/1920 completed mercantile
Scotch Mist   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Seabreeze   Hall, Aberdeen   22/11/1918 1/1919 sold 1946
Sea Fog   Webster & Bickerton, Goole   1918 12/1918 sold 1921
Sea Mist   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Sheen   Brooke, Lowestoft   11/5/1918 8/1918 torpedo recovery vessel 1943
Shower   Brooke, Lowestoft   1918 9/1918 sold 8/1945
Sirocco   Ailsa, Troon   --- --- cancelled 1919
Skyline   Fellows   --- --- cancelled 1919
Sleet   Brooke, Lowestoft   1918 11/1918 sold 8/1920
Smoke Cloud   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Snowdrift   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 4/1918 sold 1921
Snowflake   Webster & Bickerton, Goole   1919 ---// 12/1919 completed mercantile
Snowstorm   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Space   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Spark   Goole SB   --- --- cancelled 1919
Spectrum   Brooke, Lowestoft   27/3/1918 7/1918 sold 1920
Spoondrift   Rose St. Foundry   --- --- cancelled 1919
Spume   Banff   --- --- cancelled 1919
Spurt   Pimblott   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Sternwave   Pimblott   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Sunburst   Lewis, Aberdeen   1918 11/1918 sold 1921
Sundown   Hall, Aberdeen   22/11/1918 2/1919 wrecked 30/8/1939
Sunset   Webster & Bickerton, Goole   6/1918 6/1918 tender 1920, minesweeper 1940, lost 1/4/1942
Thunderclap   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 ---// 6/1919 completed mercantile
Tidal Wave   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 8/1919 completed mercantile
Tideset   Howden   --- --- cancelled 1919
Tradewind   Howden   --- --- cancelled 1919
Typhoon   Hall, Aberdeen   1918 ---// 5/1919 completed mercantile
Undertow   Scotts, Greenock   1919 8/1919 sold 1921
Waft   Scotts, Greenock   1919 9/1919 sold 1921
Waterfall   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 9/1919 completed mercantile
Watershed   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 10/1919 sold 1921
Watersmeet   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 9/1919 completed mercantile
Waterway   Scotts, Greenock   --- --- cancelled 1919
Wavecrest   Scotts, Greenock   --- --- cancelled 1919
Wavelet   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 2/1919 completed mercantile
Whirlblast   Lee   1919 ---// 7/1920 completed mercantile
Whirlpool   Hall, Aberdeen   10/10/1919 3/1920 sold 1947
Whisk   Scotts, Greenock   --- --- cancelled 1919
Whitecloud   Lee   1919 ---// 8/1920 completed mercantile
White Frost   Scotts, Greenock   --- --- cancelled 1919
White Horses   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 10/1919 sold 1920
Williwaw   Brooke, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Windfall   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 ---// 5/1920 completed mercantile
Windrise   Warren   1920 ---// 8/1920 completed mercantile
Windshift   Warren   1920 ---// 10/1920 completed mercantile
Windward   Hall, Aberdeen   1919 12/1919 sold 1921

 

 

Displacement normal, t

148

Displacement full, t

200

Length, m

28.4

Breadth, m

5.74

Draught, m

2.25

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

270

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 37

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, sweep

Complement

  

Ship project history: Standard Admiralty design of drifter with steel hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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