Minesweeper of the Royal Navy
Sister ship to HMS Kinross , HMS Aberdare in 1919
History
United Kingdom
Name Kinross
Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Yard number 576
Launched 4 July 1918
Out of service 16 June 1919
Fate Sunk by mine 16 June 1919 in the Aegean Sea[ 1]
General characteristics
Class and type Hunt-class minesweeper , Aberdare sub-class
Displacement 710 tons
Length 231 ft (70 m)
Beam 28 ft (9 m)
Draught 8 ft (2 m)
Propulsion
Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range 140 tons coal
Complement 73
Armament
HMS Kinross was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy . Kinross was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt-class minesweepers, which are known variously as the Aberdare class or Aberdare group.
Loss
At the time of her loss HMS Kinross' was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.
Casualties
12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms.[ 2]
References
Belvoir groupAberdare groupSurvey ships
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
21 Jan: UC-40
30 Jan: Nimrod
7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb: U-16
10 Feb: UC-91
18 Feb: Mirabeau
20 Feb: UC-71
22 Feb: U-21
7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
6 Apr: SMS Vulkan
15 Apr: U-118
17 Apr: USS Freehold
26 April: Narval , Kit , Kashalot
27 Apr: USS Courtney , USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen , USS James
April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
4 May: HMS Cupar
5 May: SMS Leipzig
2 Jun: Rucumilla
9 Jun: HMS L55
16 Jun: HMS Kinross
18 Jun: Oleg
21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow – SMS Bayern , SMS Bremse , SMS Brummer , SMS Cöln , SMS Dresden , SMS Derfflinger , SMS Emden , SMS Friedrich der Grosse , SMS G38 , SMS G39 , SMS G40 , SMS Hindenburg , SMS Grosser Kurfürst , SMS Kaiser , SMS Kaiserin , SMS Karlsruhe , SMS König , SMS König Albert , SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm , SMS Markgraf , SMS Moltke , SMS Prinzregent Luitpold , SMS S32 , SMS S36 , SMS S50 , SMS Seydlitz , SMS V45 , SMS V46 , SMS Von der Tann , SMS G102
28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date): Erinpura
27 Jul: USS May
30 Jul: USS G-2
13 Aug: Basilicata
18 Aug: Dvina
1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
4 Sep: HMS Verulam
8 Sep: Valbanera
9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian , USS SP-471
10 Sep: USS Coco , USS Katherine K. , USS Patrol No. 1 , USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep: USS Helena I
16 Sep: HMS M25 , HMS M27 , West Arvada
29 Sep: ML-18 , ML-62 , ML-191 , Ossifrage
30 Sep: August Helmerich
3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
9 Oct: Daram
17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct: HMS H41
21 Oct Gavriil
31 Oct: Fazilka
13 Nov: Council Bluffs
22 Nov: Myron
24 Nov: Poltava
12 Dec: USS Kerwood
18 Dec: Cufic
Unknown date: UB-14
Other incidents