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Sandwich 1929

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bridgewater	L01 - U01	555	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	2/1928	14.9.1928	3/1929	sold 5.1947
Sandwich	L12 - U12	556	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	2/1928	28.9.1928	3/1929	sold 1.1946

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	16.5
Displacement standard, t	1045
Displacement full, t	1600
Length, m	81.2
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	3.73 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2000
Fuel, t	oil 282
Endurance, nm(kts)	4750(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (1 HA), 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear, 2 DCR (8 DC)
Complement	100

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Project history

Bridgewater class sloops became the first escorts of Royal Navy designed after First World War and should replace Flower class sloops. They were designed under 1927 Programme. First of all they were intended for service at far stations, but could be used also as minesweepers.

Modernizations

1938, both: aft 102-mm gun was converted to HA, - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 4 - 12.7/62

1939, both: + 2 DCT, DC stowage was increased up to 40, type 121 or type 124 sonar

1942, both: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 1 DCR, DC stowage was increased up to 80, type 271 radar

1943, both: - type 121 or type 124 sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar

1943, Sandwich: - type 271 radar; + type 271Q, type 291 radars

1/1946, Bridgewater: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (80), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Sandwich: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (80), type 271Q, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.