HMS Kilbride
.jpg) HMS Kilbride, pictured in 1918 with dazzle camouflage
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| General characteristics | |
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| Type | Sloop |
| Displacement | 895 tons |
| Length | 182 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power | 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 57 |
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HMS Kilbride was a
Kilbride entered service towards the end of the war, and was sold for commercial use in 1920. She was subsequently sold to Italian owners and was sunk by British aircraft in January 1943.
Construction and design
The Kil class was intended as a patrol and escort ship to equip the
They were powered by a single triple-expansion steam engine, with steam supplied from a coal-fired cylindrical boiler. The machinery was rated at 1,400 indicated horsepower (1,000 kW), giving a speed of 13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h).[2] Design armament was a single 4-inch gun, with at least six depth charges also carried.[1][2] The ships had a crew of 39 officers and other ranks.[2]
Kilbride was launched at Hall Russell's Aberdeen shipyard on 21 August 1918.[1]
Mutiny
On 13 January 1919, there was a mutiny on board while the ship was docked at Milford Haven.[3] Eight men were court-martialled on charges of non-violent mutiny and sentenced to 90 days and two years hard labour followed by dismissal.[4][5][page needed]
Sale and civil use
Kilbride was sold on 14 February 1920 to Robinson, Brown & Joplin for conversion to civilian use and resale and was renamed Scotsgap.[1] She was subsequently renamed Rebus and then Poggioreale. By 1930, the ship was registered at Genoa as Nino di Gailura,[6] and she was renamed as Alfredo in 1933, by which time she had been re-engined with an oil engine.[7] Alfredo was torpedoed and sunk by RAF aircraft on 20 January 1943.[8] She remained listed on Lloyd's Register at the start of 1943,[9] but was listed by Lloyds as a War Loss during that year.[10]
See also
Bibliography
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 101
- ^ a b c d e f Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 97
- ^ Cliff 1979, p. 97
- ^ Carew 1981, p. 212
- ^ Sewell 2018
- ^ "Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1930–31: NIL–NIO: 79711: Nino di Gailura" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1933–34: A: 38524: Alfredo" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ "Kilbride HMS (1918~1920) Alfredo SS (+1943)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1943–44: ALF–ALG: 19119: Alfredo" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ Statistical Summary of Merchant Ships of 100 Tons and Upwards Totally Lost, Broken Up, &c. (Including war losses) During the Year 1943 (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1945. p. 10.
References
- Carew, Anthony (1981). The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy 1900-39: The Invergordon Mutiny in Perspective. ISBN 9780719008412.
- ISBN 9780861040230.
- Dittmar, F.G; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Sewell, Rob (2018). Germany: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution. Wellred Books. ISBN 9781900007788.