| 词条 | HMS Elgin (J39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HMS Elgin 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 was badly damaged by a mine in 1944 and was sold for scrap the next year. Design and descriptionThe Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced {{convert|800|LT|t}} at normal load. They had a length between perpendiculars of {{convert|220|ft|m|1}}[1] and measured {{convert|231|ft|m|1}} long overall. The Aberdares had a beam of {{convert|26|ft|6|in|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|7|ft|6|in|m|1}}. 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 {{convert|2200|ihp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}}. They carried a maximum of {{convert|185|LT|t|0}} of coal[1] which gave them a range of {{convert|1500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}.[2] The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) {{Convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0|spell=in}} 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 careerHMS Elgin was built by the William Simons & Company at their shipyard in Renfrew. She was originally to be named Troon, but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations. Elgin was mined on 4 May 1944, 9 miles east of the Isle of Portland, by an acoustic mine. She was towed to Portsmouth and later scrapped. See also
Notes1. ^1 2 Gardiner & Gray, p. 98 2. ^1 2 Cocker, p. 76 References
3 : Hunt-class minesweepers (1916)|1919 ships|Maritime incidents in May 1944 |
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