HMS Kinross

Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919
History
United Kingdom
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 (1916), Aberdare sub-class
Displacement:	710 tons
Length:	231 ft (70 m)
Beam:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp
Speed:	max 16 knots
Range:	140 tons coal
Complement:	73 men
Armament:	1 × QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder 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 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

• 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. OCLC 67375475.

1. Admiralty Estimates for 1919 (appendix) accessed 25 October 2016