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Admiralty-type drifters, wooden hull

Blue Sky 1918

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Afterglow   Chambers, Oulton Broad     10/1918 completed mercantile, minesweeper 1941 - 1944
Airpocket, 1919 - Ambitious   Chambers, Oulton Broad     9/1918 sold 10/1920
Anticyclone   Chambers, Oulton Broad     12/1918 sold 1930
Astral   Chambers, Oulton Broad     8/1918 sold 10/1921
Atmosphere   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 7/1918 sold 8/1921
Avalanche   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 7/1918 sold 1930
Backwash   Colby, Lowestoft   1917 7/1918 sold 8/1921
Black Frost   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9/1918 base ship Columbine 1925
Black Night   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 11/1918 sold 10/1921
Blue Sky   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 6/1918 foundered 6/1922
Borealis   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 7/1918 sold 1921
Cirrus   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9/1918 sold 1928
Cloudarch (ex-Twinkle)   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 8/1920 sold 1921
Cumulus   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9/1918 sold 10/1920
Darkness (non-standard)   Fellows   1918 6/1918 base ship Columbine 11/1919
Daylight, 1920 - Tradewind   Fellows   1918 7/1918 sold 5/1921
Doldrum   G. & T. Smith, Middlesbrough   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Equinox (ex-Afterglow)   Ailsa, Troon     --- cancelled 1918
Etesian   Fellows   1918 10/1918 sold 1920
Fair Weather   Forbes, Sandhaven   25/3/1918 7/1918 sold 1921, patrol 1/1940 - 12/1945
Fiery Cross   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 8/1918 sold 1932
Fireball   Fellows   1919 1/1920 sold 4/1920
Firelight   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 11/1919 sold 1920
Firmament   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 11/1918 sold 1919
Flame   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Flat Calm (non-standard)   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 6/1918 sold 1930
Fleck   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 10/1919 sold 1921
Floodtide   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1920 --- // 1920 completed mercantile
Flotsam   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 10/1919 sold 10/1920
Flurry   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Flush   Wood, Newcastle   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Flutter   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1920 --- // 1920 completed mercantile
Fogbank   Clapson   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Fogbow (non-standard)   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 6/1918 sold 1920
Fountain   Clapson   1919 ---// 6/1920 completed mercantile
Full Moon   Forbes, Sandhaven   25/3/1918 7/1918 sold circa 1930
Fumarole   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 1/1919 sold 5/1947
Glacier   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 12/1919 sold 1921
Gleam   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 5/1919 sold 1921
Glint   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 11/1919 sold 1921
Gloaming, 12/1939 - Gloamin   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 6/1919 sold 1922, minesweeper 12/1939 - 3/1945
Greek Fire   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 ---// 6/1920 completed mercantile
Grey Sky   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 ---// 7/1920 completed mercantile
Hailstorm   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 10/1918 sold 1920
Haze   Forbes, Sandhaven   --- --- cancelled 1919
Heat Wave   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 12/1918 sold 1921
Hoar Frost   Forbes, Sandhaven   --- --- cancelled 1919
Hurricane   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 4/1919 completed mercantile
Iceblink   Jones Buckie   1919 ---// 2/1920 completed mercantile
Imbat   Jones Buckie   1918 11/1918 sold 1921
Iridescence (non-standard)   Innes   1917 12/1917 sold 1926, examination vessel 4/1941 - 1943
Lop   Courtney   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile
Mackerel Sky   Noble   1919 4/1919 sold 1921
Maelstrom   Courtney   1919 3/1920 sold 1921
Midnight Sun (non-standard)   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 5/1918 sold circa 1930
Milky Way   Noble   1919 ---// 5/1920 completed mercantile
Mistral   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 7/1919 completed mercantile
Moonlight   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 --- // 1919 completed mercantile
Moonrise   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 --- // 1919 completed mercantile
Nadir (non-standard)   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 5/1918 sold 1921
Nightfall (non-standard)   Richards, Lowestoft   4/7/1918 7/1918 sold 1921
Nimbus (non-standard)   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 8/1918 sold 1921
Packice   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   1917 10/1918 sold 1921
Phase   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   1919 ---// 1/1920 completed mercantile, minesweeper 1944 - 2/1946
Rainstorm   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Ray (non-standard)   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1917 10/1918 sold 10/1927
Red Sky   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1918 11/1918 sold 1921, minesweeper 11/1939 - 1944
Refraction   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1918 6/1919 sold 1921, minesweeper 11/1939 - 3/1945
Reverberation   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 ---// 4/1919 completed mercantile, auxillary patrol 8/1940 - 2/1945
Rift   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   7/1920 ---// 12/1920 completed mercantile
Rime   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1919 12/1919 sold 1921, minesweeper 12/1939 - 11/1945
Rising Sea   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Runnel   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 12/1918 sold 1920
St. Elmo`s Light   Innes   1918 11/1919 sold 1921
Scend   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 3/1919 sold 1919
Scour   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 1/1919 sold 1920
Scud   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 5/1919 sold 1920
Set weather   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 ---// 10/1919 completed mercantile
Shade   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 1/1920 sold 1921
Shadow   Stevenson & Asher   1918 11/1918 sold 1921
Sheet Lightning   Innes   1918 10/1918 sold 1921
Shimmer   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 3/1919 sold 1921
Shooting Star (non-standard)   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 6/1918 sold circa 1929
Silhouette   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 8/1918 sold circa 1929
Silt   Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1918 1/1919 sold 1921
Sirocco, 1919 - Double Tide   Colby, Lowestoft   1919 ---// 6/1920 completed mercantile
Solstice   Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1918 10/1918 sold 1921, minesweeper 11/1939 - 5/1943
Space (ex-Splash)   Dunston   1920 ---// 10/1920 completed mercantile
Spate   Dunston   1918 ---// 6/1919 completed mercantile
Springtide   Jones   --- --- cancelled 1919
Squall   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 10/1918 sold 1920
Starlight   Stevenson & Asher   1918 2/1919 sold 1921
Stormcentre   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 11/1918 sold 1922
Stormwrack   Stevenson & Asher   7/8/1918 8/1918 sold circa 1926
Sunlight   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 1/1919 sold 1921
Sunrise   Stevenson & Asher   1919 10/1919 sold 1921
Sunspot   Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1919 ---// 11/1920 completed mercantile
Surge   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 ---// 5/1919 completed mercantile
Swell   Routh & Waddingham   1919 6/1920 sold 1921
Swirl   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 2/1919 sold 1921
Thaw   Rose St. Foundry   1919 ---// 3/1920 completed mercantile
Thunderbolt   Innes   1919 ---// 4/1920 completed mercantile
Tidal Range   Colby, Lowestoft   1920 ---// 4/1920 completed mercantile
Tiderace   Routh & Waddingham   --- --- cancelled 1919
Tiderip   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 ---// 5/1919 completed mercantile
Tropic   Rose St. Foundry   1919 3/1919 sold 1922
Vapour   G. & T. Smith, Middlesbrough   1920 ---// 8/1920 completed mercantile
Will o`the Wisp   Kitto   1919 ---// 10/1920 completed mercantile
CD1, 11/1924 - Ebbtide (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9/1917 harbour vessel 1946
CD2 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD3 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9/1917 sold 1921
CD4 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1919/22
CD5 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1919/22
CD6 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1921
CD7 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD8 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1919/22
CD9 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1919/22
CD10 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD11 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD12 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD13 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1923
CD14 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD15 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD16 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1922
CD17 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1925
CD18 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1922
CD19 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1922
CD20 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1918
CD21 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9/1917 sold 1922
CD22 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1922
CD23 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1924
CD24 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1924
CD25 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1923
CD26 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1924
CD27 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1921
CD28 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1922
CD29 (RCN)   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1919/22
CD30 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD31 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD32 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD33 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD34 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD35 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD36 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD37 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD38 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD39 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD40 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD41 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD42 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD43 (RCN)   Canada   1918   lost 1921
CD44 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD45 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD46 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD47 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD48 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD49 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD50 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD51 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD52 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD53 (RCN)   Sorel SY, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1922
CD54 (RCN)   Canada   1918   lost 1920
CD55 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD56 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD57 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD58 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD59 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD60 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD61 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD62 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD63 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD64 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD65 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD66 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD67 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD68 (RCN)   Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1919/22
CD69 (RCN)   Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1921
CD70 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD71 (RCN), 1923 - Eventide   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1926
CD72, 1923 - Floodtide (RCN)   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1926
CD73 (RCN)   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 11/1917 sold 1923
CD74 (RCN)   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1921
CD75 (RCN)   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10/1917 sold 1919/22
CD76 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD77 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD78 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD79 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD80 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD81 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD82, 7/1919 - Onyx (RCN)   Canada   1918   DY service 1919
CD83 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD84 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD85 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD86 (RCN)   Canada   1918   lost 1920
CD87 (RCN)   Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 11/1917 lost 1920
CD88 (RCN)   Canada   1918   lost 1920
CD89 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD90 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD91 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD92 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD93 (RCN)   Canada   1918   lost 1920
CD94 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD95 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD96 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD97 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD98 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD99 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22
CD100 (RCN)   Canada   1918   sold 1919/22

 

 

Displacement normal, t

133

Displacement full, t

175

Length, m

28.7

Breadth, m

6.07

Draught, m

2.16

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

270

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 35

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, sweeps

Complement

  

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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