Old Hunt class Sloops

Name	Pennant	Builder	Completed	Fate
Tedworth	N32	Simons	1917	Scrapped 1946
Aberdare	N19	Ailsa	1918	Scrapped 1947
Abingdon	N23	Ailsa	1918	Bombed by Italian aircraft 1/4/42 & beached Kalkara Creek, scrapped 1950
Albury	N41	Ailsa	1919	Scrapped 1947
Alresford	N06	Ailsa	1919	Scrapped 1947
Bagshot	N57	Ardrossan D.D	1919	To accomodation ship Medway II, Mercantile Bagshot mined 1/9/51
Derby	N90	Clyde S.B	1918	Scrapped 1946
Dundalk	N60	Clyde S.B	1919	Mined in Harwich Bay 16/10/40
Dunnon	N52	Clyde S.B	1919	Mined off Great Yarmouth 30/4/40
Elgin	N39	Simons	1919	Scrapped 1945
Fareham	N89	Dunlop Bremner	1918	To accomodation ship St. Angelo II, scrapped 1948
Fermoy	N40	Dundee S.B	1919	Bombed by Italian aircraft off Valleta 30/4/41, writen off & scrapped
Harrow	N60	Eltrigham	1918	Scrapped 1947
Huntley	N56	Eltrigham	1919	Bomber by German aircraft off Mersa Matruh 31/4/41
Lydd	N44	Fairfield	1919	Scrapped 1947
Pangbourne	N37	Lobnitz	1918	Scrapped 1947
Fitzroy	J03	Lobnitz	1919	To training ship 1939, minesweeper 1940, mined off Great Yarmouth 27/5/42
Flinders	J04	Lobnitz	1919	Accomodation ship 1940, scrapped 1945
Ross	N45	Lobnitz	1919	Scrapped 1947
Saltash	N62	Murdock Murray	1918	Scrapped 1947
Saltburn	N52	Murdock Murray	1918	Grounded off Horse Sand Fort 26/10/45 & written off, scrapped 1946
Selkirk	N18	Murdock Murray	1919	Scrapped 1947
Stoke	N33	Rennoldson	1918	Bomber by German aircraft off Tobruk 7/5/41
Sutton	N78	McMillan	1918	Scrapped 1947
Kellet	J05	Simons	1919	Scrapped 1945
Widnes	N55	Napier Miller	1918	Bombed by German Aircraft in Suda Bay 20/5/41, beached & abandoned Salvaged as German sloop 12.V4, later Uj.2109. Sunk by gunfire from HMS Eclipse, Faulknor & RHN Queen Olga 17/10/43

During the First World War, little provision had been made for minesweeping, as it was thought that requisitioned fishing boats and paddle-steamers would suffice. Unfortunately, they were not ideally suitable, and were requisitioned so fast that soon there were no vessels left.
For this reason, the "Flower" class sloop was put in hand, but being larger and more suitable for escort, they performed the latter general, and the "Hunt" class were laid down for the former role, smaller, cheaper and with less draught. It was originally planned to use paddle wheels, to decrease draught to a bare minimum, but the loss of propulsion in running seas, and their succeptibility to mine damage led to a return to screws.
They were small, lacking freeboard and short on bunkerage, but proved very capable of colonial employment.
Only the original Ailsa Shipbuilding group saw WW1 service, and the Admirality second group were little different, but completed too late.
By WWII, the 88 vessels built had been depleted to 27 vessels, lacking some or all guns. Wartime modifications were limited to standardising on four single 20mm cannon and two 12pdr AA guns.

Dimensions & Displacement
Standard Displacement	710 tons	Length	231'
Full Displacement	930 tons	Beam	28.5'
Load	220 tons	Draught	7.5'

Performance & Propulsion
Speed	16.5 knots	Range	1500 nm @ 10 knots
Propulsion
2 x Yarrow water tube boilers, 1 x vertical triple expansion reciprocating engine @ 2000 ihp

Armament & Complement
Complement	74 officers & ratings
Armament Schemes
Original	Gun 1 x 1 x 4" AA 1 x 1 x 12pdr AA 2 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA ( added early WW2 ) ASW DC throwers DC rails
Later	Gun 2 x 1 x 12pdr AA 4 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA ASW DC throwers DC rails