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'''H.M.S. ''Biarritz''''' was a merchant ship which was converted for use as a minelayer in 1915 for work with the [[Royal Navy]].
'''H.M.S. ''Biarritz''''' was a merchant ship which was converted for use as a minelayer in 1915 for work with the [[Royal Navy]].


Revision as of 20:07, 5 January 2015

H.M.S. Biarritz (1915)
Pendant Number: P.48 (Mar 1915)
N.10 (Jan 1918)[1]
Launched: 1915[2]
Commissioned: 8 Mar, 1915[3]
Returned: 6 May, 1920[4]
Fate: to civil use

H.M.S. Biarritz was a merchant ship which was converted for use as a minelayer in 1915 for work with the Royal Navy.

Service

Biarritz worked in the Mediterranean.[5]

The British criticised her as being "too small for a large minelayer and too slow for a small one. Another serious disadvantage was that her mines were carried on the upper deck."[6]

Armament

Guns

Her guns were as follows.[7]

  • two 12-pdr

Mines

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • The Minelaying of H.M.S. Biarritz at The National Archives. ADM 137/838.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  2. ↑ This year is likely incorrect.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 13.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 13.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.

Bibliography


Minelayer H.M.S. Biarritz



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