Bridgewater-class sloop
Appearance
HMS Bridgewater, pictured in January 1943
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Class overview | |
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Name | Bridgewater class |
Builders | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | 24 class |
Succeeded by | Hastings class |
In commission | 1929-1946 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop |
Displacement | 1,045 tons |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h) |
Armament | 2 × 4-inch (102 mm) |
The Bridgewater-class sloop was a class composed of two sloops built for the Royal Navy, HMS Bridgewater and HMS Sandwich. The ships were part of the Royal Navy's 1927 Build Programme as replacements for the Flower-class sloop.
Design
The Bridgewater class displaced 1,045 tons and were armed with two
4-inch (102 mm)
. They could achieve speeds of 17 kn (31 km/h).
Service
Both ships were ordered from
Bizerta
. Both ships were decommissioned after the war, with Sandwich being sold for scrapping in early 1946. Bridgewater was retained for slightly longer, being used for static bomb trials during 1946 and 1947, until being sold and broken up in May 1947.
Ships
Name | Pennant | Ordered | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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Bridgewater | L01/U01 | 19 September 1927 | 6 February 1928 | 14 September 1928 | 14 March 1929 | Sold on 22 May 1947 |
Sandwich | L12/U12 | 19 September 1927 | 9 February 1928 | 29 September | 23 March 1929 | Sold on 8 January 1946 |
Notes
References
- Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain (including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- 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, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
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