Egret-class sloop | |
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![]() HMS Auckland in January 1939 | |
Class overview | |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
In commission: | 1938-1958 |
Completed: | 3 |
Lost: | 2 |
Scrapped: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Sloop-of-war |
Displacement: | 1,200 tons |
Length: | 276 ft (84 m) |
Propulsion: |
Geared steam turbines on two shafts 3,600 shp |
Speed: | 19.25 knots (35.65 km/h; 22.15 mph) |
Complement: | 188 |
Armament: |
8 x 4-inch AA guns (4x2) 4 x .5-inch AA (1x4) |
The Egret class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy. They were an enlarged version of the Bittern class sloop with an extra twin 4 inch gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system.
Ships[]
Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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HMS Auckland (ex-Heron) | William Denny and Brothers | 30 June 1938 | Sunk 24 June 1941 by dive bombers near Tobruk |
HMS Pelican | John I. Thornycroft & Company | 12 September 1938 | Broken up 1958 |
HMS Egret | J. Samuel White | 31 May 1938 | sunk by guided bomb in Bay of Biscay 27 August 1943 |
Three ships were built; HMS Auckland, HMS Pelican and HMS Egret. Egret was lost to a guided missile. While patrolling in the Bay of Biscay, she was attacked by 18 Do 217 aircraft, one of which carried the Henschel Hs 293 guided bomb.[1] Auckland was lost on 24 June 1941, to 48 Junkers 87 aircraft dive-bombing both her and HMAS Parramatta, off the coast of Tobruk. Pelican survived until the end of the war, and was broken up in 1958.
See also[]
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References[]
- Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
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