HMS Kinross

Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919
History
United Kingdom
Name	Kinross
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Yard number	576
Launched	4 July 1918
Out of service	16 June 1919
Fate	Sunk by mine 16 June 1919 in the Aegean Sea[1]
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	Yarrow boilers Vertical triple-expansion engines 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp (1,641 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
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 Kinross was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. Kinross was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt-class minesweepers, which are known variously as the Aberdare class or Aberdare group.

Loss[]

At the time of her loss HMS Kinross' was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.

Casualties[]

12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms.^[2]

On 16 June 11 men were lost in the sinking.

• BEAMES, John, Cook, M 7573
• BRACEWELL, Robinson, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270477
• BROOKS, Albert H, Stoker 1c, K 23341
• FLOOD, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, 292870
• JOYCE, Ralph, Stoker 1c, SS 118607
• LETHBRIDGE, James A, Stoker 1c, K 14459
• MONTE, Emilio, Officer's Steward 2c, 122493
• OLIVER, William S, Able Seaman, J 11034
• RICHARDS, Edward A, Stoker 1c, K 14474
• STONE, Henry T, Stoker 1c, K 17232
• WEBBER, Samuel C, Leading Stoker, 183706

On 17 June 1 man died of wounds.

• MCCORQUODALE, Duncan, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 33412

References[]

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