Yard number 576 Beam 28 ft (8.5 m) Launched 4 July 1918 Weight 721.4 tons Draft 2.4 m | Out of service 16 June 1919 Draught 8 ft (2.4 m) Length 70 m Displacement 644,100 kg | |
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Fate Sunk by mine 16 June 1919 in the Aegean Sea Class and type Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | ||
HMS Kinross was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
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Kinross was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt 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.
References
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