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Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name Cupar
Builder , Dumbarton
Launched 27 March 1918
Fate Sunk 5 May 1919 by a mine in the North Sea[1] off the Tyne
General characteristics
Class and type Hunt-class minesweeper , Aberdare sub-class
Displacement 710 tons
Length 231 ft (70 m)
Beam 28 ft (9 m)
Draught 8 ft (2 m)
Propulsion
Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) max
Range 140 tons coal
Complement 73
Armament
1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward
QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft
2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns
HMS Cupar was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I . She was originally to be named Rosslare , but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations.
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Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)
Belvoir groupAberdare groupSurvey ships
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
21 Jan: UC-40
30 Jan: Nimrod
7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb: U-16
10 Feb: UC-91
20 Feb: UC-71
22 Feb: U-21
7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
6 Apr: Vulkan
15 Apr: U-118
17 Apr: USS Freehold
27 Apr: USS Courtney , USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen , USS James
April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
4 May: HMS Cupar
5 May: SMS Leipzig
2 Jun: Rucumilla
9 Jun: HMS L55
16 Jun: HMS Kinross
18 Jun: Oleg
21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow - SMS Bayern , SMS Bremse , SMS Brummer , SMS Cöln , SMS Dresden , SMS Derfflinger , SMS Emden , SMS Friedrich der Grosse , SMS G38 , SMS G39 , SMS G40 , SMS Hindenburg , SMS Grosser Kurfürst , SMS Kaiser , SMS Kaiserin , SMS Karlsruhe , SMS König , SMS König Albert , SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm , SMS Markgraf , SMS Moltke , SMS Prinzregent Luitpold , SMS S32 , SMS S36 , SMS S50 , SMS Seydlitz , SMS V45 , SMS V46 , SMS Von der Tann , SMS G102
28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
June (unknown date): Erinpura
27 Jul: USS May
30 Jul: USS G-2
13 Aug: Basilicata
18 Aug: Dvina
1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
4 Sep: HMS Verulam
8 Sep: Valbanera
9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian , USS SP-471
10 Sep: USS Coco , USS Katherine K. , USS Patrol No. 1 , USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep: USS Helena I
16 Sep: HMS M25 , HMS M27
29 Sep: ML-18 , ML-62 , ML-191 , Ossifrage
30 Sep: August Helmerich
3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
9 Oct: Daram
17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct: HMS H41
21 Oct Gavriil
31 Oct: Fazilka
22 Nov: Myron
24 Nov: Poltava
12 Dec: USS Kerwood
18 Dec: Cufic
Unknown date: UB-14
Other incidents
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