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Thirty-two '''''Ascot'' class paddle minesweepers''' were ordered for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1915 through early 1917.
 
Thirty-two '''''Ascot'' class paddle minesweepers''' were ordered for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1915 through early 1917.
  
The last eight ordered, in January, 1717, were of a very slightly larger design.
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The last eight ordered, in January, 1917, were of a very slightly larger design.
  
 
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| {{UK-Ascot}}
 
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| {{UK-Atherstone}}
 
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|4 Apr, 1916
 
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| {{UK-Chelmsford}}
 
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|16 Jun, 1916
 
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|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Epsom}}
 
| {{UK-Epsom}}
|[[George Brown]]
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|[[George Brown & Company]]
 
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|4 May, 1916
 
|4 May, 1916
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| {{UK-Gatwick}}
 
| {{UK-Gatwick}}
|[[Dundee Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Dundee Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|18 Apr, 1916
 
|18 Apr, 1916
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| {{UK-Kempton}}
 
| {{UK-Kempton}}
|[[Ferguson]]
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|[[Ferguson Brothers]]
 
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|3 Jun, 1916
 
|3 Jun, 1916
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|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Ludlow}}
 
| {{UK-Ludlow}}
|[[Goole Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Goole Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|1 May, 1916
 
|1 May, 1916
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| {{UK-Melton}}
 
| {{UK-Melton}}
|[[Hamilton]]
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|[[William Hamilton & Company]]
 
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|16 Mar, 1916
 
|16 Mar, 1916
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|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Cheltenham}}
 
| {{UK-Cheltenham}}
|[[Ardrossan Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Ardrossan Dry Dock Company]]
 
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|12 Apr, 1916
 
|12 Apr, 1916
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|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Goodwood}}
 
| {{UK-Goodwood}}
|[[Dundee Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Dundee Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|15 Jun, 1916
 
|15 Jun, 1916
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|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Haldon}}
 
| {{UK-Haldon}}
|[[Dunlop Bremner]]
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|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]]
 
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|29 Mar, 1916
 
|29 Mar, 1916
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| {{UK-Hurst}}
 
| {{UK-Hurst}}
|[[Dunlop Bremner]]
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|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]]
 
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|6 May, 1916
 
|6 May, 1916
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| {{UK-Sandown}}
 
| {{UK-Sandown}}
|[[Dunlop Bremner]]
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|[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]]
 
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|6 Jul, 1916
 
|6 Jul, 1916
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| {{UK-Banbury}}
 
| {{UK-Banbury}}
|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
 
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|19 Dec, 1917
 
|19 Dec, 1917
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| {{UK-Harpenden}}
 
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| {{UK-Shincliffe}}
 
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| {{UK-Shirley}}
 
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==Design & Construction==
 
==Design & Construction==
They were inspired by the hired paddle sweepers that had performed well early in the war to [[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]'s successful design for ''Glen Usk''.{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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They were inspired by the hired paddle sweepers that had performed well early in the war to [[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]'s successful design for ''Glen Usk''.{{DittColl|p. 111}}
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot-class_minesweeper_(1916)}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racecourse-class_minesweeper}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
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pend=T.16 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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pend=T.09 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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pend=T.21 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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pend=T.59 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[George Brown]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[George Brown & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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pend=T.10 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
pend=T.10 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dundee Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[Dundee Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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pend=none{{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
pend=none{{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ferguson]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[Ferguson Brothers]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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pend=none{{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Goole Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[Goole Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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pend=T.94 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Sep 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Hamilton]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[William Hamilton & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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pend=T.54 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ardrossan Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dundee Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dunlop Bremner]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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builder=[[Dunlop Bremner & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
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order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Oct 1915{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dunlop Bremner]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Jan 1916{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Jan 1916{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dunlop Bremner]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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pend=T.81 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 111.  See [[Ascot Class Minesweeper (1916)#Pendant Numbers|this note]] for more info}}
 
order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dundee Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
 
order=Jan 1917{{DittColl|p. 111}}
builder=[[Dunlop Bremner]]{{DittColl|p. 111}}
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Latest revision as of 09:32, 27 April 2018

Thirty-two Ascot class paddle minesweepers were ordered for the Royal Navy in 1915 through early 1917.

The last eight ordered, in January, 1917, were of a very slightly larger design.

Design & Construction

They were inspired by the hired paddle sweepers that had performed well early in the war to Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's successful design for Glen Usk.[1]

Armament

  • two 6-pdr guns
  • two 2-pdr guns

Service

Pendant Numbers

When they served in the Auxiliary Patrol, all were given pendant numbers that were the Fishing pendant superior with their Admiralty number inferior. When they later joined the Mine Clearance Service, they used a T flag superior with either their Admiralty number inferior or they employed the pendant number specified.[2]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.

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).


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