Egret-class sloop
HMS Auckland in January 1939
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Class overview | |
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Name | Egret class |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Template:Sclass- |
Succeeded by | Template:Sclass- |
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 | list error: <br /> list (help) Geared steam turbines on two shafts 3,600 shp |
Speed | 19.25 knots (35.65 km/h; 22.15 mph) |
Complement | 188 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 8 × 4-inch AA guns (4 × 2) 4 × .5-inch AA (1 × 4) |
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 Template:Sclass- 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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Auckland (ex-Heron) | William Denny and Brothers | 30 June 1938 | Sunk 24 June 1941 by dive bombers near Tobruk |
Pelican | John I. Thornycroft & Company | 12 September 1938 | Broken up 1958 |
Egret | J. Samuel White | 31 May 1938 | Sunk by guided bomb in Bay of Biscay 27 August 1943 |
Service history
Three ships were built; HMS Auckland, HMS Pelican and HMS Egret. 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. 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]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Egret class sloop at Wikimedia Commons