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HMS Bluebell (1915)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bluebell
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock
Launched24 July 1915
FateSold on 26 May 1930
General characteristics
Class and typeAcacia-class minesweeping sloop
Displacement1,200 tons
Length
  • 250 ft (76 m) p/p
  • 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 screw
SpeedDesigned for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement77 men
ArmamentDesigned to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations

HMS Bluebell was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.[1][2]

The merchant vessel SS Libau (masquerading under the name Aud) was intercepted by Bluebell as she carried arms to Ireland for the Easter Rising in 1916.[3]

Fate

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She was sold in May 1930.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Acacia class sloops, 1915". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "HMS Bluebell". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Black night in Ballykissane". The Kingdom. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

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