Английская Википедия:HMS Alresford

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HMS Alresford was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was not finished in time to participate in the First World War and survived the Second World War to be sold for scrap in 1947.

Design and description

The Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced Шаблон:Convert at normal load. They measured Шаблон:Convert long overall with a beam of Шаблон:Convert. They had a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and ratings.[1]

The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of Шаблон:Convert and gave a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. They carried a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of coal[1] which gave them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[2]

The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) Шаблон:Convert gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (76.2 mm) anti-aircraft gun aft.[1] Some ships were fitted with six- or three-pounder guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder.[2]

Construction and career

HMS Alresford was built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company at their shipyard in Troon, Ayrshire. In 1936–38, she was a tender to the navigation school, Шаблон:HMS, and was used for local running in the Portsmouth area, training officers in pilotage. Alresford took part in Operation Dynamo and the Dieppe Raid.

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References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Gardiner & Gray, p. 98
  2. 2,0 2,1 Cocker, p. 76