HMSBluebell(1915)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSBluebell |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company,Greenock |
| Launched | 24 July 1915 |
| Fate | Sold on 26 May 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acacia-classminesweepingsloop |
| Displacement | 1,200 tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | Designed for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make 17knots(31 km/h; 20 mph), but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 77 men |
| Armament | Designed to mount 2 ×12-pounder (76 mm) gunsand 2 ×3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns,but with wide variations |
HMSBluebellwas anAcacia-classminesweepingsloopof theRoyal Navylaunched on 24 July 1915.[1][2]
The merchant vesselSSLibau(masquerading under the nameAud) was intercepted byBluebellas she carried arms toIrelandfor theEaster Risingin 1916.[3]
Fate
[edit]She was sold in May 1930.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Acacia class sloops, 1915".battleships-cruisers.co.uk.Retrieved3 May2015.
- ^ab"HMSBluebell".clydeships.co.uk.Retrieved6 November2019.
- ^"Black night in Ballykissane".The Kingdom. 13 April 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 30 June 2007.Retrieved1 July2008.
Bibliography
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.;Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.ISBN978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921.London: Conway Maritime Press.ISBN0-85177-245-5.
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