| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Bluebell |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Launched | 24 July 1915 |
| Fate | Sold on 26 May 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acacia-class minesweeping sloop |
| Displacement | 1,200 tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | Designed 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 |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 77 men |
| Armament | Designed 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.
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.
Fate
She was sold in May 1930.
References
- "Acacia class sloops, 1915". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "HMS Bluebell". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- "Black night in Ballykissane". The Kingdom. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
Bibliography
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 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.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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