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Twenty-four '''24 class sweeping sloops''' were planned for the [[Royal Navy]] near the very end of the war and in the years immediately following. Two were cancelled on 3 December, 1918 before completion. | Twenty-four '''24 class sweeping sloops''' were planned for the [[Royal Navy]] near the very end of the war and in the years immediately following. Two were cancelled on 3 December, 1918 before completion. They were all named for racing horses and thus were sometimes called the '''Racehorse class'''. | ||
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 22 vessels | |||
|- | |||
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | |||
|- | |||
! align=center | Name | |||
! align=center | Builder | |||
! align=center | Laid Down | |||
! align=center | Launched | |||
! align=center | Completed | |||
! align=center | Fate | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-ArdPatrick}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|6 Jun, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-BendOr}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|24 Sep, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Cicero}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|26 Jul, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Dec, 1921 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Donovan}} | |||
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]] | |||
| | |||
|27 Apr, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-FlyingFox}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|28 Mar, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Transferred 24 Mar, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-1Harvester}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|2 Nov, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold Aug, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Iroquois}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|24 Aug, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Handed over 28 Jun, 1937 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Isinglass}} | |||
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]] | |||
| | |||
|5 Mar, 1919 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Ladas}} | |||
|[[Osbourne Graham & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|21 Sep, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 6 Nov, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-MerryHampton}} | |||
|[[Blyth Shipbuilding]] | |||
| | |||
|19 Dec, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Scuttled Feb, 1943 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Minoru}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|6 Jun, 1919 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 25 Feb, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Orby}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|22 Oct, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Ormonde}} | |||
|[[Blyth Shipbuilding]] | |||
| | |||
|8 Jun, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 6 Aug, 1937 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Persimmon}} | |||
|[[Osbourne Graham & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|4 Mar, 1919 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 13 Oct, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Rocksand}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|10 Jul, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Sanfoin}} | |||
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]] | |||
| | |||
|10 Jun, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Sefton}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|6 Jul, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold Aug, 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Silvio}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|12 Apr, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Transferred Dec, 1924 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-SirBevis}} | |||
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|11 May, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Transferred Sep, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-SirHugo}} | |||
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]] | |||
| | |||
|20 Sep, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 25 Jun, 1930 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-SirVisto}} | |||
|[[Osbourne Graham & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|4 Dec, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold Aug, 1920 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{UK-Spearmint}} | |||
|[[Swan Hunter]] | |||
| | |||
|23 Sep, 1918 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 29 Nov, 1922 | |||
|} | |||
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name=Bend Or | name=Bend Or | ||
launch=24 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=24 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=12 8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=12 8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Donovan | name=Donovan | ||
launch=27 4 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=27 4 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Greenock | builder=[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=15 11 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=15 11 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Harvester | name=Harvester | ||
launch=2 11 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=2 11 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=8 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=8 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Iroquois | name=Iroquois | ||
launch=24 8 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=24 8 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=28 6 1937{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=28 6 1937{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Handed over | fate=Handed over | ||
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name=Isinglass | name=Isinglass | ||
launch=5 3 19{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=5 3 19{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Greenock | builder=[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=12 8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=12 8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Ladas | name=Ladas | ||
launch=21 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=21 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Osbourne Graham]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Osbourne Graham & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=6 11 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=6 11 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Persimmon | name=Persimmon | ||
launch=4 3 19{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=4 3 19{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Osbourne Graham]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Osbourne Graham & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=13 10 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=13 10 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Sanfoin | name=Sanfoin | ||
launch=10 6 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=10 6 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Greenock | builder=[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=15 11 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=15 11 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Sefton | name=Sefton | ||
launch=6 7 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=6 7 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=8 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=8 22{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Silvio | name=Silvio | ||
launch=12 4 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=12 4 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=12 24{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=12 24{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Transferred | fate=Transferred | ||
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name=Sir Bevis | name=Sir Bevis | ||
launch=11 5 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=11 5 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=9 23{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=9 23{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Transferred | fate=Transferred | ||
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name=Sir Hugo | name=Sir Hugo | ||
launch=20 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=20 9 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Greenock | builder=[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=25 6 30{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=25 6 30{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
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name=Sir Visto | name=Sir Visto | ||
launch=4 12 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | launch=4 12 18{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
builder=[[Osbourne Graham]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | builder=[[Osbourne Graham & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fatedate=8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | fatedate=8 20{{DittColl|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Sold | fate=Sold | ||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 25 April 2018
Twenty-four 24 class sweeping sloops were planned for the Royal Navy near the very end of the war and in the years immediately following. Two were cancelled on 3 December, 1918 before completion. They were all named for racing horses and thus were sometimes called the Racehorse class.
| Overview of 22 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Ard Patrick | Swan Hunter | 6 Jun, 1918 | Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | ||
| Bend Or | Barclay Curle & Company | 24 Sep, 1918 | Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | ||
| Cicero | Swan Hunter | 26 Jul, 1918 | Sold 1 Dec, 1921 | ||
| Donovan | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 27 Apr, 1918 | Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Flying Fox | Swan Hunter | 28 Mar, 1918 | Transferred 24 Mar, 1920 | ||
| Harvester | Barclay Curle & Company | 2 Nov, 1918 | Sold Aug, 1922 | ||
| Iroquois | Barclay Curle & Company | 24 Aug, 1918 | Handed over 28 Jun, 1937 | ||
| Isinglass | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 5 Mar, 1919 | Sold 12 Aug, 1920 | ||
| Ladas | Osbourne Graham & Company | 21 Sep, 1918 | Sold 6 Nov, 1920 | ||
| Merry Hampton | Blyth Shipbuilding | 19 Dec, 1918 | Scuttled Feb, 1943 | ||
| Minoru | Swan Hunter | 6 Jun, 1919 | Sold 25 Feb, 1920 | ||
| Orby | Swan Hunter | 22 Oct, 1918 | Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Ormonde | Blyth Shipbuilding | 8 Jun, 1918 | Sold 6 Aug, 1937 | ||
| Persimmon | Osbourne Graham & Company | 4 Mar, 1919 | Sold 13 Oct, 1922 | ||
| Rocksand | Swan Hunter | 10 Jul, 1918 | Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Sanfoin | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 10 Jun, 1918 | Sold 15 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Sefton | Barclay Curle & Company | 6 Jul, 1918 | Sold Aug, 1922 | ||
| Silvio | Barclay Curle & Company | 12 Apr, 1918 | Transferred Dec, 1924 | ||
| Sir Bevis | Barclay Curle & Company | 11 May, 1918 | Transferred Sep, 1923 | ||
| Sir Hugo | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 20 Sep, 1918 | Sold 25 Jun, 1930 | ||
| Sir Visto | Osbourne Graham & Company | 4 Dec, 1918 | Sold Aug, 1920 | ||
| Spearmint | Swan Hunter | 23 Sep, 1918 | Sold 29 Nov, 1922 | ||
Design & Construction
They featured a single funnel and mast and were designed to appear double-ended. Four of the vessels had the mast abaft the funnel, the others had the mast positioned ahead of the funnel.
Performance
Armament
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
